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Corporate Creators:
Utah. Highway Safety Office
Corporate Contributors:
Utah. Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Accidents Alcohol Alcohol Use Bicycle Crashes Crash Data Crash Injuries Crash Rates Fatalities Highways Motorcycle Crashes Pedestrian-vehicle Crashes Safety Statistics Tables (Data) Traffic Crashes Vehicle Miles Of Travel
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Utah ; United States
Utah ; United States Less -
OCLC Number:
32480147
Corporate Publisher:
Utah. Dept. of Public Safety
Abstract:
In 2001, there were 52,704 crashes in Utah accounting for 29,375 injured persons and 292 fatalities. Overall, crash participants tended to be male and in the 15 to 24 year age group. Most crashes occurred in urban areas; however, rural crashes were 3 times more likely to result in a fatality than crashes occurring in urban areas. Increased speeds and longer response time for emergency medical services in the rural areas may account for the rural/ urban difference in fatal crash rates. Rear-end collisions were the leading collision type, but head-on collisions were 26 times more likely to result in a fatality than other collisions, and single vehicle rollovers were 8 times more likely to result in a fatality than other collisions. While passenger cars accounted for the majority of vehicles involved in Utah crashes, motorcycle- as well as large/semi truck-crashes were more likely to be fatal than crashes involving other vehicles. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists involved in a motor vehicle crash are at high risk from suffering injury or death. In 2001, 94.8% of pedestrians, 92.9% of bicyclists, and 85.7% of motorcyclists involved in a motor vehicle crash experienced an injury or death compared to 21.5% of all motor vehicle crash participants. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists have little or no physical barrier between themselves and a motor vehicle or roadway, thus resulting in the high injury and death rate. As with seatbelts, helmets have proven to reduce severe injury and death for bicyclists and motorcyclists. Unfortunately, only 33.6% of motorcyclists involved in a crash were reported to be wearing a helmet.
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US Transportation Collection
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39408/dot_39408_DS1.pdf
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