Characteristics of vehicles in fatal crashes related to police pursuit compared to all other fatal crashes and to all police reported crashes in the United States, 1994–2002
| Vehicles in fatal police pursuit crashes (n = 3965); % | Vehicles in other fatal crashes (n = 506629); % | All CDS vehicles (n = 69016); weighted % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *17.6% of fleeing vehicles were reported as stolen, 3.1% of unpursued, non-police vehicles, 0.7% of police cars. | |||
| †Missing for 70% of CDS crashes. Not all vehicles were in motion. | |||
| Stolen vehicle | 11.2* | 0.2 | NA |
| Mean speed limit in mph (kph) | 43.8 (73.0) | 50.4 (84.0) | 40.4 (67.3) |
| Number of mph (kph) over or under the speed limit | 25.4 (42.3) | 6.1 (10.2) | −15.5 (−25.8)† |
| Rollover | 21.6 | 18.1 | 5.2 |
| Passenger car | 65.4 | 50.8 | 66.4 |
| Utility vehicle | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.6 |
| Pickup | 12.7 | 18.9 | 14.1 |
| Van | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Motorcycle | 7.0 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Other or unknown | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 |