TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Nebraska - Selected Years
Type of Accident	1970	1980	1990	1994	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All Accidents
Collision Involving:
Pedestrian	690	653	601	504	525	450	468	409	431	452	401	396	340	340	368	373
Motor Vehicle in Traffic	29,343	27,225	26,792	29,029	30,719	31,327	30,774	30,546	30,094	29,177	29,236	23,609	22,350	19,904	21,867	21,096
Parked Motor Vehicle	4,797	4,884	3,240	3,677	4,040	4,083	4,332	4,403	4,669	4,112	4,256	2,608	2,571	2,384	2,756	2,677
Train	159	168	59	83	65	50	51	38	40	45	47	39	40	37	41	37
Bicyclist	81	418	479	512	403	391	392	354	301	342	354	306	281	244	253	306
Animal	1,487	1,695	2,324	3,133	3,917	4,004	4,175	3,982	4,039	3,996	3,975	3,412	3,170	2,488	3,381	3,410
Fixed Object	2,666	6,584	4,840	4,837	5,878	5,609	6,073	6,016	5,475	5,086	5,377	3,944	4,326	3,776	4,845	4,581
Other Object	136	254	312	118	132	141	136	162	138	164	184	143	161	147	173	160
Non-collision, Overturned	5,381	2,230	2,319	1,965	1,893	1,719	1,423	1,522	2,211	2,397	2,394	2,467	2,238	2,197	1,860	1,635
Other Non-collision	338	574	334	350	421	385	368	471	547	464	378	303	260	258	305	293
Total Accidents	45,278	44,685	41,300	44,222	48,017	48,183	48,217	47,933	47,945	46,238	46,602	37,227	35,739	32,780	35,875	34,604
Fatalities (Total Killed)
Collision Involving:
Pedestrian	39	27	24	14	14	19	13	16	10	9	12	9	8	8	8	5
Motor Vehicle in Traffic	195	193	129	111	127	118	125	111	107	104	143	110	101	95	105	88
Parked Motor Vehicle	2	1	5	3	2	6	0	5	5	4	4	0	1	7	0	2
Train	11	21	16	12	9	6	5	5	4	9	6	5	8	4	4	1
Bicyclist	8	4	3	2	7	7	4	3	5	2	2	1	3	2	1	0
Animal	4	0	1	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	4	4	1	4
Fixed Object	43	93	53	45	52	57	59	59	39	52	52	46	40	46	58	40
Other Object	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-collision, Overturned	105	56	28	37	41	53	46	38	42	88	64	54	73	56	51	51
Other Non-collision	4	1	0	4	5	3	0	3	2	3	8	2	0	4	2	0
Total Accidents	411	396	262	229	261	271	255	242	215	307	293	229	238	226	230	188
Persons Injured
Collision Involving:
Pedestrian	673	677	617	490	509	431	455	392	419	439	388	383	330	329	393	377
Motor Vehicle in Traffic	12,453	13,678	16,641	13,066	14,041	14,276	13,697	13,582	12,497	11,020	10,322	10,088	9,289	8,635	13,725	12,874
Parked Motor Vehicle	615	629	441	354	393	374	386	367	376	269	243	258	256	233	300	280
Train	86	85	30	25	23	27	25	11	14	14	14	16	18	18	21	19
Bicyclist	283	426	482	506	387	381	384	346	286	334	349	302	276	241	252	310
Animal	160	141	153	268	376	391	413	420	432	270	292	264	256	262	308	335
Fixed Object	1,295	3,431	2,671	1,975	2,406	2,447	2,647	2,558	2,052	1,642	1,663	1,480	1,552	1,385	2,224	2,111
Other Object	41	109	111	31	29	31	40	42	25	34	30	30	30	38	32	40
Non-collision, Overturned	3,624	1,824	1,973	1,207	1,140	1,055	881	957	1,357	1,419	1,378	1,484	1,322	1,264	1,640	1,371
Other Non-collision	164	281	169	129	119	115	98	122	165	109	77	58	60	65	76	71
Total Accidents	19,394	21,281	23,288	18,053	19,425	19,534	19,032	18,805	17,623	15,550	14,756	14,363	13,389	12,471	18,683	17,799
Source:  Nebraska Department of Roads, Accident Record Bureau, Standard Summary of Motor Vehicle Traffic, annual, and 2008 Traffic Accident Facts, Annual Report, 2009
Last Updated:	12/8/09
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov