Torts - Cases, Principles, and Institutions Fifth Edition, 2016a

Witt & Tani, TCPI 1. Introduction
Age-adjusted Death Rates for Unintentional Injuries and Motor-vehicle-related Injuries:
United States, selected years 1950-2010 (per 100,000 population)
90.0
80.0
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
Unintentional
injuries..........................
Motor vehicle-related
injuries................
20.0
10.0
0.0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, https://perma.cc/V87X-9W64.
If we adjust motor vehicle accidental death rates by miles traveled, the drop in motor
vehicle traffic fatalities has been even more pronounced.
Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities and Fatality Rates (per Hundred Million Vehicle Miles
Traveled), 1899-2009
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, An Analysis of the Significant Decline in Motor
Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2008, U.S. DEP’T TRANSP. 12, (June 2010), https://perma.cc/F5SV-FKAV.
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