Traffic Safety Facts 2007 Data : overview.

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In 2007, 41,059 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes — a decrease of 4 percent from 2006 (42,078). The fatality rate per 100 million VMT in 2007 was 1.37. The injury rate per 100 million VMT in 2007 was 83. The fatality rate per 100,000 population was 13.61 in 2007, a decrease of 5 percent from the 2006 rate of 14.30. An average of 112 people died each day in motor vehicle crashes in 2007 — one every 13 minutes. In 2005, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for every age from 3 through 6 and 8 through 34. This overview fact sheet contains statistics on motor vehicle fatalities based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). (Author/publisher)

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20090066 ST [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, [2008], 12 p.; NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2007 Data / DOT HS 810 993

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