Table 1.07  Types of Crashes, Injury Crashes and Fatal Crashes, 1997

Crashes involving two motor vehicles represented the majority of crashes at 72.3%.  Pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes represented 1.5% of all crashes, but accounted for 11% of fatal crashes resulting in a 7-fold increased risk of a fatality.  When a vehicle was ran off the roadway there was a 4-fold increased risk of a fatality.

Table 1.08  Urban / Rural Location of Crashes, Injury Crashes and Fatal Crashes, 1997

Not surprisingly the majority of crashes (68%) occurred in urban areas.  However, the majority of fatal crashes (53%) occurred in rural areas. In fact, rural crashes were 6 times more likely to result in a fatality than urban crashes.