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Louis P. Cain
Table Df413-417 - Motor vehicle traffic fatalities and fatality rates: 1900-1995
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Df413
Df414
Df415
Df416
Df417
Total highway fatalities
Motor vehicle traffic fatality rates
Per 1,000 miles of road
Per 1,000,000 vehicle miles of travel
Per 100,000 registered motor vehicles
Per 1,000 licensed drivers
Row
Year
Number
Per 1,000
Per 1,000,000
Per 100,000
Per 1,000
1
1900
36
0.02
36.00
450.00
----
2
1901
54
0.02
31.76
364.86
----
3
1902
79
0.03
25.48
343.48
----
4
1903
117
0.05
25.43
355.41
----
5
1904
172
0.07
22.93
311.09
----
6
1905
252
0.11
25.98
319.80
----
7
1906
338
0.14
27.26
312.67
----
8
1907
581
0.24
40.35
405.73
----
9
1908
751
0.31
40.59
378.53
----
10
1909
1,174
0.49
45.33
376.28
----
11
1910
1,599
0.66
44.66
341.30
----
12
1911
2,043
0.83
40.54
319.47
----
13
1912
2,968
1.18
40.16
314.41
----
14
1913
4,079
1.57
39.80
324.23
----
15
1914
4,468
1.68
31.78
253.43
----
16
1915
6,779
2.47
34.71
272.15
----
17
1916
7,766
2.72
30.03
214.65
----
18
1917
9,630
3.29
31.39
188.14
----
19
1918
10,390
3.46
28.10
168.66
----
20
1919
10,896
3.57
24.70
143.81
----
21
1920
12,155
3.91
25.54
131.56
----
22
1921
13,253
4.19
24.08
126.30
----
23
1922
14,859
4.65
21.95
121.06
----
24
1923
17,870
5.53
21.02
118.33
----
25
1924
18,400
5.67
17.55
104.47
----
26
1925
20,771
6.40
16.98
103.50
----
27
1926
22,194
6.85
15.77
99.97
----
28
1927
24,470
7.51
15.44
105.01
----
29
1928
26,557
8.14
15.36
107.57
----
30
1929
29,592
9.04
14.97
110.81
----
31
1930
31,204
9.57
15.12
116.65
----
32
1931
31,963
9.71
14.79
122.49
----
33
1932
27,979
8.49
13.95
114.71
----
34
1933
29,746
9.05
14.83
123.12
----
35
1934
34,240
10.35
15.88
135.54
----
36
1935
34,494
10.42
15.09
129.94
----
37
1936
36,126
11.06
14.33
126.73
----
38
1937
37,819
11.65
14.00
125.82
----
39
1938
31,083
9.54
11.46
104.26
----
40
1939
30,895
9.44
10.83
99.63
----
41
1940
32,914
10.01
10.89
101.42
----
42
1941
38,142
11.52
11.43
109.31
----
43
1942
27,007
8.16
10.07
81.83
----
44
1943
22,727
6.86
10.92
73.58
----
45
1944
23,165
7.00
10.89
76.00
----
46
1945
26,785
8.07
10.71
86.30
----
47
1946
31,874
9.61
9.35
92.73
----
48
1947
31,193
9.38
8.41
82.43
----
49
1948
30,775
9.26
7.73
74.90
----
50
1949
30,246
9.11
7.13
67.68
50.99
51
1950
33,186
10.02
7.24
67.50
53.36
52
1951
35,309
10.61
7.19
68.02
54.79
53
1952
36,088
10.79
7.03
67.76
54.00
54
1953
36,190
10.75
6.65
64.38
51.80
55
1954
33,890
9.98
6.03
57.93
47.14
56
1955
36,688
10.73
6.06
58.52
49.12
57
1956
37,965
11.07
6.05
58.27
48.89
58
1957
36,932
10.70
5.73
55.02
46.38
59
1958
35,331
10.16
5.32
51.73
43.33
60
1959
36,223
10.32
5.17
50.76
42.87
61
1960
36,399
10.27
5.06
49.28
41.72
62
1961
36,285
10.16
4.92
47.77
40.89
63
1962
38,980
10.83
5.08
49.25
43.03
64
1963
41,723
11.52
5.18
50.45
44.59
65
1964
45,645
12.53
5.39
52.88
47.81
66
1965
47,089
12.76
5.30
52.11
47.81
67
1966
50,894
13.76
5.50
54.17
50.39
68
1967
51,559
13.92
5.35
53.21
49.97
69
1968
53,763
14.59
5.29
53.28
51.00
70
1969
55,043
14.84
5.18
52.37
50.82
71
1970
53,816
14.43
4.85
49.64
48.25
72
1971
53,907
14.34
4.57
47.71
47.11
73
1972
55,600
14.68
4.41
46.80
46.95
74
1973
55,096
14.47
4.20
43.85
45.33
75
1974
46,049
12.07
3.60
35.44
36.71
76
1975
45,500
11.85
3.43
34.22
35.06
77
1976
45,523
11.80
3.25
32.86
33.96
78
1977
47,878
12.38
3.26
33.69
34.66
79
1978
50,331
12.96
3.26
33.91
35.74
80
1979
51,093
13.04
3.34
33.64
35.66
81
1980
51,091
13.24
3.35
32.79
35.16
82
1981
49,301
12.80
3.17
31.15
33.52
83
1982
43,945
11.37
2.76
27.53
29.25
84
1983
42,589
10.98
2.58
26.01
27.59
85
1984
44,257
11.37
2.57
26.62
28.48
86
1985
43,825
11.34
2.47
25.53
27.94
87
1986
46,087
11.88
2.51
26.16
28.90
88
1987
46,390
11.97
2.41
25.91
28.67
89
1988
47,087
12.16
2.32
25.54
28.91
90
1989
45,582
11.76
2.17
24.34
27.53
91
1990
44,599
11.53
2.08
23.64
26.70
92
1991
41,508
10.69
1.91
22.04
24.56
93
1992
39,230
10.06
1.75
20.61
22.66
94
1993
40,134
10.28
1.75
20.68
23.61
95
1994
40,718
10.42
1.73
20.88
23.21
96
1995
41,770
10.68
1.72
20.73
23.65
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