Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities by type of crash 4% 2% - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities by type of crash 4% 2% Rollover 33% 23% Front Side Rear Other 39% N=32,335 Source: 2002 FARS Side-impact Crashes (non-rollover) by Crash Partner Passenger Cars Other 19% 21% Narrow Objects

SLIDE 1

Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities

by type of crash

Rollover Front Side Rear Other

33% 39%

23%

4% 2%

N=32,335 Source: 2002 FARS

SLIDE 2

Side-impact Crashes (non-rollover)

by Crash Partner Passenger Cars 19% LTVs 39% Narrow Objects 21% Other 21%

Source: 2002 FARS

SLIDE 3

LTV strikes Car 1:28.7 3.5X

Driver Fatality Ratios for Side-impact Crashes

3.5 times more likely to be killed by an LTV than a PC in a side-impact crash.

Source: 1995-2001 FARS

SLIDE 4

Distribution of Side-impact Crashes

by What Hits You

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Crashes Fatalities

Passenger Cars Light Trucks Narrow Objects Heavy Vehicles

Percentage

(of all side-impact crashes)

Source: NHTSA