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In Utah
crashes for 1997, 31,237 people were
injured, and 366 persons were
killed. The trends in injury and
fatalities for the past thirty years is
shown in Table 2.01. During this
time period over half a million persons
have been injured and almost 10,000
people have been killed in a crash.
Slight changes occurred in fatality and
injury rates from 1996 to 1997. In
1997, the injured person rate per 100
million vehicle miles traveled was
544.1. This was a 11% decrease from
the 1996 rate of 608.5. The
fatality rate per 100 MVMT increased in
1997 to 1.8 from 1.7 the previous
year.
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