Motor vehicle crash deaths related to police pursuits and all other crash deaths in the United States, 1994–2002
Fleeing vehicle deaths* (n = 2055); % | Other pursuit related deaths* (n = 1088); % | Non-pursuit deaths, FARS (n = 373276); % | |
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*It could not be determined whether three of the deaths were occupants of the fleeing vehicle, so the total of deaths in this table is 3143. | |||
Male | 86.1 | 68.6 | 67.3 |
Female | 13.9 | 31.4 | 32.7 |
Mean age (years) | 27.2 | 34.3 | 39.9 |
Driver | 61.0 | 52.7 | 54.2 |
Passenger | 28.0 | 34.3 | 25.6 |
Motorcyclist | 10.3 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
Pedestrian | 0 | 8.5 | 12.6 |
Bicyclist | 0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
Other/unknown | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 |