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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Accid Anal Prev. 2012 Oct 22;50:1244–1251. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.025

Table 1.

Characteristics of injured persons in non-fatal crashes or fatal crashes in NASS-GES for 2002–2008, and FARS for 2007.

NASS-GES 2002–08
Non-fatal injury crashes
(weighted proportions)
NASS-GES 2002–08
Fatal crashes
(weighted proportions)
FARS 2007
Sampled persons      336,820     17,737     72,769
Weighted population 18,203,707   374,026     72,769
Sampled crashes      218,419       8,595     37,435
Weighted crash total 12,415,622   193,321     37,435
Person / Vehicle
   Died      0% 56.5% 56.7%
   Age 0–14   8.4%   7.9%   7.6%
   Age 15–39 54.6% 52.1% 51.9%
   Age 40–64 29.4% 29.1% 28.8%
   Age 65–79   5.8%   7.6%   7.5%
   Age 80+   1.7%   3.1%   4.2%
   Male 47.6% 66.5% 66.0%
   Pedestrian   4.2%   6.9%   8.1%
   Motorcyclist   3.1%   7.1% 11.1%
   Unbelted 17.6% 49.6% 44.0%
   Ejected   0.7% 15.1% 12.3%
   Speed >50MPH 25.3% 60.0% 64.3%
   Vehicle rolled   8.5% 28.6% 26.2%
   Severe damage 43.6% 77.7% 82.0%
Crash / Location
   >=2 vehicles 69.1% 42.9% 40.8%
   Head-on crash   4.8% 12.2% 10.3%
   12PM – 6AM   8.4% 20.0% 21.7%
   >=2 injured persons 30.8% 48.2% 46.9%
   >=3 injured persons   9.9% 22.6% 22.8%
   >=4 injured persons   3.6% 10.9% 11.4%
   >=5 injured persons   1.4%   5.6%   5.7%
   County RUCC 1–3 87.4% 73.9% 69.9%
   County RUCC 4–6   9.1% 15.5% 20.4%
   County RUCC 7–9   3.6% 10.7%   9.6%

RUCC=Rural-Urban Continuum Code (1=most urban, 9=most rural).