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TRANSPORTATION SAFETY End * Chapter 1 Introduction A. General Facts Some Data - 42,116 lives (traffic related fatalities) and more than 3 million traffic related injuries in 2001. - Transportation accidents are the seventh single leading cause of death in the United States. - Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people for every age from 4 through 33 years old (based on 1998 data). - Transportation crashes remain the leading cause of accidental death (Tables 1 and 2). - Motor vehicle collisions account for more than about 90 percent of transportation-related death