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Fatal Crashes by Crash Type and Relation to Roadway - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Crash Type	Relation to Roadway					Total
Crash Type	On Roadway	Off Roadway	Shoulder	Median	Other/Unknown	Total
Single Vehicle	5,430	9,891	2,299	823	302	18,745
Multiple Vehicles	11,476	223	198	125	30	12,052
Total	16,906	10,114	2,497	948	332	30,797

Fatal Crashes by Relation to Junction and Traffic Control Device - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Relation to Junction	Traffic Control Device
Relation to Junction	None	Traffic Signal	Stop Sign	Other/Unknown	Total
Non-Junction	20,502	62	155	1,567	22,286
Junction - Intersection	1,393	1,845	2,003	285	5,526
Junction - Intersection Related	475	454	227	88	1,244
Other/Unknown	1,380	50	65	246	1,741
Total	23,750	2,411	2,450	2,186	30,797

Fatal Crashes by Speed Limit and Crash Type - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Speed Limit	Crash Type				Total
	Single Vehicle		Multiple Vehicle		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
30 mph or less	2,471	13.2	806	6.7	3,277	10.6
35 or 40 mph	3,543	18.9	1,973	16.4	5,516	17.9
45 or 50 mph	3,451	18.4	2,623	21.8	6,074	19.7
55 mph	5,018	26.8	3,829	31.8	8,847	28.7
60 mph or higher	3,519	18.8	2,605	21.6	6,124	19.9
No Statutory Limit	100	0.5	17	0.1	117	0.4
Unknown	643	3.4	199	1.7	842	2.7
Total	18,745	100.0	12,052	100.0	30,797	100.0

Fatal Crashes by Speed Limit and Land Use - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Speed Limit	Land Use						Total
	Rural		Urban		Unknown		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
30 mph or less	832	25.4	2,397	73.1	48	1.5	3,277	100.0
35 or 40 mph	1,803	32.7	3,689	66.9	24	0.4	5,516	100.0
45 or 50 mph	2,888	47.5	3,140	51.7	46	0.8	6,074	100.0
55 mph	7,157	80.9	1,659	18.8	31	0.4	8,847	100.0
60 mph or higher	4,138	67.6	1,955	31.9	31	0.5	6,124	100.0
No Statutory Limit	88	75.2	27	23.1	2	1.7	117	100.0
Unknown	339	40.3	483	57.4	20	2.4	842	100.0
Total	17,245	56.0	13,350	43.3	202	0.7	30,797	100.0

Fatal Crashes by Number of Lanes and Trafficway Flow - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Number of Lanes	Trafficway Flow
Number of Lanes	Not Divided	Divided	One-Way	Unknown	Total
One Lane	20	45	52	321	438
Two Lanes	17,848	4,882	113	121	22,964
Three Lanes	278	1,771	71	16	2,136
Four Lanes	2,083	1,710	22	5	3,820
More Than Four	407	606	3	4	1,020
Unknown	91	65	13	250	419
Total	20,727	9,079	274	717	30,797

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Fatal Crashes by Crash Type and Relation to Roadway - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Fatal Crashes by Relation to Junction and Traffic Control Device - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Fatal Crashes by Speed Limit and Crash Type - State : USA, Year : 2009

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Fatal Crashes by Number of Lanes and Trafficway Flow - State : USA, Year : 2009

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