Each year more than 9,000
passenger vehicle occupants die in side impacts.
Not exact matches
The rate at which children
die as
passenger vehicle occupants has decreased 55 percent, while the rate at which they are killed as pedestrians and bicyclists is about one - tenth of 1975 rates.
In 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than
passenger car
occupants to
die in motor
vehicle accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
However, statistical data on two
vehicle crashes that involved a collision of a large truck with a
passenger automobile indicates that the
occupants inside the
passenger vehicle were at greater risk of
dying, and accounted for 97 percent of all deaths.
In 2007, per
vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than
passenger car
occupants to
die in a traffic crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Motorcyclist fatalities account for 14 % of total crash fatalities, and per
vehicle mile traveled, bikers are about 37 times more likely than
passenger car
occupants to
die in a crash and 9 times more likely to be injured.