Adverse weather conditions and fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States, 1994-2012

Table 1 Number of total fatalities with reported adverse weather conditions (FARS: 1994-2012)

Year	Vehicle miles traveled (billion miles)	Total fatality	Rate of total fatality per billion VMT^a	Fatalities associated with adverse weather conditions		Rate of fatality associated with adverse weather per billion VMT^a	Proportion of fatalities associated with adverse weather
Year	Vehicle miles traveled (billion miles)	Total fatality	Rate of total fatality per billion VMT^a	Rain or Wet	Snow or Icy		Proportion of fatalities associated with adverse weather
1994	2358	40716	17.3	5590	1562	3.0	17.6
1995	2423	41817	17.3	5648	1760	3.1	17.7
1996	2482	42065	16.9	5712	2006	3.1	18.3
1997	2560	42013	16.4	5992	1804	3.0	18.6
1998	2625	41501	15.8	5719	1198	2.6	16.7
1999	2679	41717	15.6	4924	1246	2.3	14.8
2000	2747	41945	15.3	5014	1718	2.5	16.0
2001	2796	42196	15.1	5261	1304	2.3	15.6
2002	2856	43005	15.1	5566	1395	2.4	16.2
2003	2890	42884	14.8	5738	1655	2.6	17.2
2004	2965	42836	14.4	5781	1478	2.4	16.9
2005	2989	43510	14.6	5347	1421	2.3	15.6
2006	3014	42708	14.2	4947	987	2.0	13.9
2007	3031	41259	13.6	4522	1509	2.0	14.6
2008	2977	37423	12.6	4438	1549	2.0	16.0
2009	2957	33883	11.5	4326	1189	1.9	16.3
2010	2967	32999	11.1	3553	1204	1.6	14.4
2011	2946	32479	11.0	3450	1084	1.5	14.0
2012	2969	33561	11.3	3666	735	1.5	13.1

^aVMT data is annual and could not be separated into VMT traveled in adverse and non-adverse weather

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