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03 Transportation Safety

Table 3 - 2
Motor Vehicle Fatality Rates

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CanadaCanada
Hierarchies1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Level of indent Road motor vehicle fatalities, total 3,963.0 3,351.0 3,062.0r 3,033.0r 2,911.0r 2,984.0r 2,927.0 2,776.0r 2,932.0r 2,768.0r 2,722.0r 2,905.0r 2,891.0
Level of indent Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions) N 317.1e N N N N 310.5 310.2 315.8 312.6 311.8 315.3 326.1
Level of indent Road motor vehicles, total (millions) 17.0 17.0 17.2 17.5 18.0 17.4 17.4 17.8r 18.3 18.6 19.1 19.3 19.7
Level of indent Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle-km N 1.1e N N N N 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Level of indent Fatality rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6r 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5
 
 
MexicoMexico
Hierarchies1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007p
Level of indent Road motor vehicle fatalities, total 8,813.0 8,005.0 8,194.0 U 10,050.0 10,631.0 10,487.0 10,124.0 9,954.0 10,052.0 9,690.0 9,783.0 10,450.0r 5,547.0
Level of indent Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions) N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Level of indent Road motor vehicles, total (millions) 9.9 11.3 11.8 12.6 13.6 14.4 15.6 17.3 18.8 19.8 20.9 22.2r 24.8r 26.6
Level of indent Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle-km N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Level of indent Fatality rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles 8.9 7.1 6.9 U 7.4 7.4 6.7 5.9 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.4r 4.2r 2.1
 
 
United StatesUnited States
Hierarchies1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Level of indent Road motor vehicle fatalities, total 44,599.0 41,817.0 42,065.0 42,013.0 41,501.0 41,717.0 41,945.0 42,196.0 43,005.0 42,884.0 42,836.0r 43,510.0r 42,708.0
Level of indent Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions) 3,450.0 3,899.0 4,001.0 4,123.0 4,236.0 4,330.0 4,422.5 4,503.6 4,598.2 4,653.6 4,771.4 4,811.0r 4,850.7
Level of indent Road motor vehicles, total (millions) 193.1 205.4 210.4 211.6 215.5 220.5 225.8 235.3 235.3r 236.7 243.0 247.4 250.8
Level of indent Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle-km 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Level of indent Fatality rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
 
 
Key
e = Data are estimated
N = Data are nonexistent
p = Data are preliminary
r = Data are revised
U = Data are unavailable
 
 
Notes
All countries
Road vehicle-kilometers for Mexico include federal roads only. U.S. and Canadian data include all roads (both federal and local).
Mexico
Road fatalities: Data for 1997 are not available because in 1996 the questionnaire through this information was collected  had some modifications; as consequence, data collected had certain characteristics that do not allow its use as a reliable statistic. During the next months several changes were incorporated to the questionnaire in order improve data quality.
Road motor vehicles, total and Rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles fatality: data from 1990-2004 are revised based on new figures provided by the Mexico City Government and 2005 data provided by the state and municipalities Governments, and  2006 estimation made based on sales reported by the Asociacion Mexicana de la Industria Automotriz A.C. (AMIA) and the Asociacion Nacional de Productores de Autobuses, Camiones y Tractocamiones A.C. (ANPACT).
United States
Revised numbers are revised from original source.
 
Sources
Canada

Road vehicle-kilometers: Transport Canada. Ministry of Public Works and Government Services. Transportation in Canada

1997 - Annual Report (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998) for 1995.

2000-2006: Statistics Canada. Canadian Vehicle Survey: Annual. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 53-223-XWE. http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=53-223-X (accessed October 24, 2008), Annual, and Transport Canada and Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Canadian Vehicle Survey, TP 13628 (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).

Road motor vehicles: 1990-1998: Statistics Canada. Road Motor Vehicles, Registrations. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 53-219-XIB.  http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=53-219-X, Annual.

1999-2006: Statistics Canada. Canadian Vehicle Survey: Annual. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 53-223-XWE.  http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=53-223-X (accessed October 24, 2008), Annual, and Transport Canada and Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Canadian Vehicle Survey, TP 13628 (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).

Road fatalities: Transport Canada. Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation. Traffic Accident Information Database. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Mexico
Road motor vehicles: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Contabilidad Nacional y Estadísticas Económicas, based on figures from the Secretaría de Transportes y Vialidad del Gobierno del Distrito Federal, finance, police and traffic offices in each state and their municipalities. (Mexico City, D.F.; 2007). 
Road fatalities: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Contabilidad Nacional y Estadísticas Económicas, based on data collected by the Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito Federal and the Direcciones de Seguridad Pública y Vialidad or their equivalent agencies at state and local levels. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Planeación. Based on data from the Dirección General de Policía Federal de Caminos y Puertos (up to 1998); Policía Federal de Caminos (1999); and Policía Federal Preventiva as of 2000. (Mexico City, D.F.).
United States

Motor Vehicle Fatalities: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts (Overview), Table 2, (Washington DC: various years).

Road motor vehicles and road vehicle-kilometers: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm, table VM-1, as of July 2008.

 
 
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