NOTE: The following two charts were developed by the author using information from data tables at the following web address:

"Regardless of crash severity, the majority of vehicles in single- and two-vehicle crashes were going straight prior to the crash. The next most common vehicle maneuver differed by crash severity: negotiating a curve for fatal crashes, turning left for injury crashes, and stopped in traffic lane for property-damage-only crashes."

FARS Traffic Safety Facts--2000

"Compared with other vehicle types, utility vehicles experienced the highest rollover rates: 37.8 percent in fatal crashes, 10.0 percent in injury crashes, and 2.5 percent in property-damage-only crashes."

FARS Traffic Safety Facts—2000

"The proportion of vehicles that rolled over in fatal crashes (19.7 percent) was more than 4 times as high as the proportion in injury crashes (4.7 percent) and more than 16 times as high as the proportion in property-damage-only crashes (1.2 percent)."

FARS Traffic Safety Facts--2000

"All states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have laws requiring children of certain ages to be restrained in child safety seats".

"In 1998, there were 575 occupant fatalities among children under 5 years of age. Of those 575 fatalities, an estimated 293 (51 percent) were totally unrestrained".

FARS Traffic Safety Facts--2000

"Research on the effectiveness of child safety seats has found them to reduce fatal injury by 71 percent for infants (less than 1 year old) and by 54 percent for toddlers (1-4 years old) in passenger cars. For infants and toddlers in light trucks, the corresponding reductions are 58 percent and 59 percent, respectively."

FARS Traffic Safety Facts—2000

"In 1999, it is estimated that 307 children under age 5 were saved as a result of child restraint use. An estimated 4,500 lives were saved by child restraints from 1975 through 1999." [Restraint systems;  1999 ]