Did You Know?

• In 1994, 40,676 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes, an increase of 1.3% from 1993.
• An average of 111 persons died each day in motor vehicle crashes in 1994 -- one every 13 minutes.
• From 1982 through 1994, it is estimated that safety belts saved 65,290 lives.
• In fatal crashes, 73% of passenger car occupants who were totally ejected were killed. Safety belts are very effective in preventing total ejections: only 1% of the occupants reported to be using restraints were totally ejected, compared with 20% of the unrestrained occupants.
• 16 year old drivers are more than 20 times as likely to have a crash as the general population of drivers.
• Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of deaths in 15 to 20 year olds.
• There were 30,780 occupant fatalities in passenger vehicles in 1994.
• Single-vehicle crashes accounted for 41% of all fatal crashes. Multi-vehicle crashes 42%. 17% were non-occupant crashes.
• On a per population basis, drivers under the age of 25 had the highest rate of involvement in fatal crashes among all age groups.
• The male fatal crash involvement rate per 100,000 population was 3 times as high as for female drivers in 1994.
• 37% of female drivers involved in fatal crashes were unrestrained at the time of the crash compared to 47% for male drivers involved in fatal crashes.