North American Transportation Statistics

Canada

Hierarchies

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Road motor vehicle fatalities, total

3,963.0

3,351.0

3,062.0

3,033.0

2,911.0

2,984.0

2,927.0

2,776.0

2,932.0

2,768.0

2,722.0

2,905.0

2,891.0

2,767.0^p

Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions)

317.1^e

310.5

310.2

315.8

312.6

311.8

315.3

326.1

332.3

Road motor vehicles, total (millions)

17.0

17.2

17.5

18.0

17.4

17.7^r

18.3

18.6

18.8^r

19.1^r

19.7

20.3

Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle-km

1.1^e

0.9

0.8

Fatality rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7^r

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.4

Mexico

Hierarchies

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008^p

Road motor vehicle fatalities, total

8,813.0

8,005.0

8,194.0

10,050.0

10,631.0

10,487.0

10,124.0

9,954.0

10,052.0

9,690.0

9,783.0

10,450.0

10,934.0^r

12,834.0

Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions)

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

22.1^r

24.9^r

26.7^r

29.1

Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle-km

Fatality rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles

8.9

7.1

6.9

7.4

6.7

5.9

5.3

5.1

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.1^r

4.4

United States

Hierarchies

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

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

42,836.0

43,510.0

42,708.0

41,259.0

37,261.0

Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions)

3,450.0

3,899.0

4,001.0

4,123.1

4,235.8

4,330.7

4,420.9

4,501.3

4,596.3

4,651.0

4,771.7

4,810.3

4,850.6

4,876.3

4,708.9

Road motor vehicles, total (millions)

193.1

205.4

210.4

211.6

215.5

220.5

225.8

235.3

236.7

243.0

247.4

250.8

254.4

Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle-km

1.3

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.8

Fatality rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles

2.3

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

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 some modifications were made to the questionnaire used to capture this data, as a result, data collected had some characteristics that do not allow its use as a reliable statistics. Subsequently, the questionnaire incorporated several changes to improve data quality.

Road motor vehicles, total and rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles fatality: data from 2005-2007 figures have been checked by the reporting sources.

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.

2000-2007: 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 13, 2009), 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.

1999-2007: 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 13, 2009), 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 y Geografía. Dirección General de Estadísticas Económicas, based on figures from Secretaría de Finanzas of the Gobiernos Estatales, Tesorerías Municipales or Organismos Reguladores del Transporte en los Estados. In the case of Mexico City is consider the Secretaría de Transporte y Vialidad. (Mexico City, 1990-2008).

Road: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Dirección General de Estadísticas Económicas, based on figures from Seguridad Pública y Vialidad Estatal and/or Municipal. In the case of Mexico City are considered, Agencias del Ministerio Público or Juzgados Cívicos. (Mexico City.: various years).

Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Planeación. Based on well-proportioned data by Dirección General de Policía Federal de Caminos y Puertos (until 1998); Policía Federal de Caminos (1999); and Policía Federal Preventiva from 2000. (Mexico, 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, table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm as of August 2009.