Car Accident Fatalities

	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
Fatal Crashes	39,189	38,444	38,477	38,491	37,862	37,526	37,140	37,107	37,324	37,494	37,241	36,254
Traffic Crash Fatalities
Vehicle Occupants and Motorcycle Riders
Drivers	27,472	26,871	26,779	26,659	25,869	25,567	25,257	24,743	24,667	24,534	24,390	23,691
Passengers	10,036	10,355	10,458	10,604	10,469	10,695	10,521	10,530	10,944	11,058	10,782	10,518
Unknown	86	78	104	112	102	86	97	109	114	103	119	109
Total	37,594	37,304	37,341	37,375	36,440	36,348	35,875	35,382	35,725	35,695	35,291	34,318
Nonmotorist
Pedestrians	4,881	4,675	4,774	4,851	4,901	4,763	4,939	5,228	5,321	5,449	5,584	5,489
Pedalcyclists	784	727	629	665	732	693	754	760	814	765	833	802
Other/Unknown	184	130	140	114	123	141	149	131	153	154	109	107
Total	5,849	5,532	5,543	5,630	5,756	5,597	5,842	6,119	6,288	6,368	6,526	6,398
Total	43,443	42,836	42,884	43,005	42,196	41,945	41,717	41,501	42,013	42,065	41,817	40,716
Other National Statistics
Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions)	2,965	2,963	2,890	2,856	2,797	2,747	2,691	2,632	2,562	2,486	2,423	2,358
Resident Population (Thousands)	296,410	293,657	290,850	287,985	285,108	282,193	272,691	270,248	267,784	265,229	262,803	260,327
Registered Vehicles (Thousands)	-	237,961	230,633	225,685	221,230	217,028	212,685	208,076	203,568	201,631	197,065	192,497
Licensed Drivers (Thousands)	-	198,889	196,166	194,602	191,276	190,625	187,170	184,861	182,709	179,539	176,628	175,403
National Rates: Fatalities
Fatalities per 100 MillionVehicle Miles Traveled	1.47	1.45	1.48	1.51	1.51	1.53	1.55	1.58	1.64	1.69	1.73	1.73
Fatalities per 100,000 Population	14.66	14.59	14.74	14.93	14.8	14.86	15.3	15.36	15.69	15.86	15.91	15.64
Fatalities per 100,000 Registered Vehicles	-	18	18.59	19.06	19.07	19.33	19.61	19.95	20.64	20.86	21.22	21.15
Fatalities per 100,000 Licensed Drivers	-	21.54	21.86	22.1	22.06	22	22.29	22.45	22.99	23.43	23.68	23.21

Fatal Car Accidents by Time of Day, 2005

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Unknown	Total
Midnight to 2:59 a.m.	1,275	430	373	439	525	636	1,320	0	4,998
3 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.	712	322	270	324	344	421	765	0	3,158
6 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	416	584	569	615	574	597	529	1	3,885
9 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	466	566	509	542	512	574	571	0	3,740
Noon to 2:59 p.m.	729	702	675	673	710	774	805	0	5,068
3 p.m. to 5:59 p.m.	937	913	887	827	852	1,016	1,049	0	6,481
6 p.m. to 8:59 p.m.	932	800	727	763	804	1,011	1,112	0	6,149
9 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	684	590	598	646	713	1,094	1,076	0	5,401
Unknown	64	41	35	31	28	38	62	10	309
Total	6,215	4,948	4,643	4,860	5,062	6,161	7,289	11	39,189

Fatal Car Accidents by Weather, 2005

Weather	Daylight	Dark, but Lighted	Dark	Dawn or Dusk	Unknown	Total
Normal	17,332	5,455	10,224	1,381	69	34,461
Rain	1,387	520	877	123	7	2,914
Snow/Sleet	388	84	257	40	4	773
Other	197	84	333	61	0	675
Unknown	56	15	77	7	211	366
Total	19,360	6,158	11,768	1,612	291	39,189

Source: NHTSA