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. 2016 Nov 8;15:104. doi: 10.1186/s12940-016-0189-x

Table 1.

Number of total fatalities with reported adverse weather conditions (FARS: 1994-2012)

Year Vehicle miles traveled (billion miles) Total fatality Rate of total fatality per billion VMTa Fatalities associated with adverse weather conditions Rate of fatality associated with adverse weather per billion VMTa Proportion of fatalities associated with adverse weather
Rain or Wet Snow or Icy
1994 2358 40716 17.3 5590 1562 3.0 17.6
1995 2423 41817 17.3 5648 1760 3.1 17.7
1996 2482 42065 16.9 5712 2006 3.1 18.3
1997 2560 42013 16.4 5992 1804 3.0 18.6
1998 2625 41501 15.8 5719 1198 2.6 16.7
1999 2679 41717 15.6 4924 1246 2.3 14.8
2000 2747 41945 15.3 5014 1718 2.5 16.0
2001 2796 42196 15.1 5261 1304 2.3 15.6
2002 2856 43005 15.1 5566 1395 2.4 16.2
2003 2890 42884 14.8 5738 1655 2.6 17.2
2004 2965 42836 14.4 5781 1478 2.4 16.9
2005 2989 43510 14.6 5347 1421 2.3 15.6
2006 3014 42708 14.2 4947 987 2.0 13.9
2007 3031 41259 13.6 4522 1509 2.0 14.6
2008 2977 37423 12.6 4438 1549 2.0 16.0
2009 2957 33883 11.5 4326 1189 1.9 16.3
2010 2967 32999 11.1 3553 1204 1.6 14.4
2011 2946 32479 11.0 3450 1084 1.5 14.0
2012 2969 33561 11.3 3666 735 1.5 13.1

aVMT data is annual and could not be separated into VMT traveled in adverse and non-adverse weather