A Population Approach to Transportation Planning: Reducing Exposure to Motor-Vehicles

Table 1

Estimated reduction in risk resulting from a 15%, 10% and 4% shift in the risk distribution for motor vehicle crash injury rates for all modes in the United States*.

	Person Trips (million)	Fatal risk per 100 million person trips	Number of fatal injuries
			Status quo	Scenario of risk reduction
				−15%	−10%	−4%
Vehicle	349125	9.25	32283	−4842	−3228	−1291
Walking	35366	13.7	4846	−727	−485	−194
Bus	11458	0.35	40	−6	−4	−2
Other vehicle	4068	28.42	1156	−173	−116	−46
Cycling	3314	20.97	695	−104	−70	−28
Motorcycle	580	536.55	3112	−467	−311	−124
Total	403,911	10.43	42132	−6320	−4213	−1685

*Note. Table adapted from [12].