CAR ACCIDENTS, MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS, TRUCK ACCIDENTS AND BUS ACCIDENTS: STATISTICS
Motor vehicle accidents such as car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents and bus accidents affect us all. Every year thousands of drivers and passengers are involved in crashes and are injured or killed in these wrecks. Below are some statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics from their Transportation Statistic Annual Report 2006 that cover the number of motor vehicle accidents, the number of people injured in motor vehicle accidents, and the number of people killed in motor vehicle accidents:
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS BY MODE 2003
• Passenger car accidents 4,746,307
• Motorcycle accidents 79,081
• Light truck accidents 3,345,165
• Large truck accidents 436,161
• Bus accidents 57,672
• TOTAL 6,328,000
PEOPLE INJURED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS BY MODE 2005
• Passengers injured in car accidents 1,573,000
• Motorcyclists injured in motorcycle accidents 87,000
• Truck occupants injured in light truck accidents 872,000
• Truck occupants injured in large truck accidents 27,000
• Bus occupants injured in bus accidents 11,000
• Pedestrians injured in highway accidents 64,000
• Cyclists injured in highway accidents 45,000
• Others injured in highway accidents 18,000
• TOTAL 2,699,000
PEOPLE KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS BY MODE 2005
• Passengers killed in car accidents 18,440
• Motorcyclists killed in motorcycle accidents 4,553
• Truck occupants killed in light truck accidents 12,975
• Truck occupants killed in large truck accidents 803
• Bus occupants killed in bus accidents 58
• Pedestrians killed in highway accidents 4,881
• Cyclists killed in highway accidents 784
• Others killed in highway accidents 949
• TOTAL 43,443
