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1043. Highway Travel--Mileage and Accident Summary
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Item
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1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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1971
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1972
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
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1980
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Highway mileage (1,000)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3,857
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Vehicle miles of travel (bil.)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,527
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Daily vehicle miles per mile
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,082
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Fatal accidents:
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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Number
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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45,284
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Rate per 100 mil. vehicle mi. of travel
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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2.96
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Nonfatal injury accidents:
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Number (1,000)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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2,008
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Rate per 100 mil. vehicle mi. of travel
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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Fatalities 1:
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Number
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50,894
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50,724
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52,725
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53,543
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52,627
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52,542
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54,589
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54,052
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45,196
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44,525
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45,523
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47,878
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50,331
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51,093
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51,091
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Rate per 100 mil. vehicle mi. of travel
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3.35
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Rate per 100,000 population
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25.89
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25.53
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26.27
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26.42
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25.67
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25.30
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26.01
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25.51
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21.13
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20.62
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20.88
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21.74
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22.61
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22.70
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22.48
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Licensed drivers (1,000)
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100,998
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103,172
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105,410
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108,306
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111,543
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114,426
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118,414
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121,546
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125,427
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129,791
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134,036
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138,121
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140,844
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143,284
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145,295
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Rate per 100,000 licensed drivers
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50.39
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49.16
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50.02
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49.44
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47.18
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45.92
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46.10
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44.47
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36.03
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34.31
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33.96
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34.66
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35.74
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35.66
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35.16
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Registered motor vehicles (1,000)
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95,703
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98,859
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102,987
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107,412
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111,242
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116,330
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122,557
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130,025
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134,900
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126,153
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130,793
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134,514
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140,374
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144,317
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146,845
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Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles
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53.18
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51.31
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51.20
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49.85
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47.31
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45.17
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44.54
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41.57
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33.50
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35.29
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34.81
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35.59
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35.85
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35.40
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34.79
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NA Not available.
1 Represents fatalities occurring within 30 days of accident. Excludes nontraffic accidents which, for example, occur outside the rights-of-wayor other boundaries of
roads that are open for public use.
Source: U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Fatal and InjuryAccident Rates on Public Roads in the United States, annual.http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/1043_highway_travel_mileage_and_accident_summary.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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