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Title	CHARACTERISTICS OF FATAL ROLLOVER CRASHES
Accession No	00929132
Authors	Deutermann, W
Corp. Authors / Publisher	National Center for Statistics and Analysis
Publication Date	20020400
Description	57 p.; Figures(29); References(4); Tables(34)
Languages	English
Abstract	The objective of this study by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) was to examine the characteristics of passenger vehicles and their drivers involved in fatal rollover crashes. Using data from the 1991 through 2000 NCSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Census Bureau, trends were examined and rates of fatal rollovers per registered vehicle and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) were calculated and compared. The changing composition in the fleet of vehicles on the nation's highways has resulted in a growing number of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other light trucks relative to passenger cars. Findings show that light trucks in general, and SUVs in particular, are a rapidly increasing component of the total number of fatal rollover crashes. Most of the characteristics of vehicles and drivers involved have remained fairly constant over time both for passenger cars and light trucks. While occupant fatalities due to passenger car rollovers have been declining, the greater propensity toward rollovers in some classes of light trucks has maintained the aggregate level of passenger vehicle occupant fatalities in crashes about 32,000 annually.
TRT Terms	Fatalities ; Light trucks ; Passenger vehicles ; Registrations ; Rollover accidents ; Sport utility vehicles ; Trend (Statistics) ; Vehicle miles of travel
Identifier Terms	Fatality Analysis Reporting System; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
Subject Areas	H51 SAFETY; I80 Accident Studies
Report Number	HS-809 438,; NHTSA Technical Report
Availability	National Technical Information Service
URLs	Document: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2002/809-438.pdf
TRIS Files	HRIS; HSL
Database	TRIS Online