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).