Table 16: Number of Crashes By Year

Reports the frequency and percent of crashes by crash type and crash severity by year. Both the number and percent of angle crashes and injury crashes decreased from January 2000 through December 2008 while the number and percent of rear end and property damage only crashes increased. Crash severity (injury and PDO crashes) is graphically shown in Chart 3 by number of crashes by year.

 

 

 

Table 16. RLC Angle, Rear End, Injury, and PDO Crashes by Year

Year

RLC

Angle

Rear End

Injury

PDO

 

Count

Count

Percent

Count

Percent

Count

Percent

Count

Percent

2000

631

206

12.0%

425

9.2%

236

11.4%

394

9.2%

2001

708

219

12.7%

489

10.6%

268

13.0%

440

10.3%

2002

742

185

10.8%

557

12.1%

267

12.9%

475

11.1%

2003

665

206

12.0%

459

10.0%

257

12.4%

408

9.6%

2004

708

224

13.0%

484

10.5%

244

11.8%

464

10.9%

2005

703

194

11.3%

509

11.0%

208

10.1%

495

11.6%

2006

763

194

11.3%

569

12.3%

222

10.7%

541

12.7%

2007

760

143

8.3%

617

13.4%

198

9.6%

561

13.2%

2008

651

149

8.7%

502

10.9%

167

8.1%

484

11.4%

Total

6,331

1720

100.0%

4611

100.0%

2067

100.0%

4262

100.0%