TABLE C10. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS OCCURRING IN
MISSISSIPPI AND RATES, ALSO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
DEATHS OF MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS AND RATES,
BY YEAR, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970-1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
YEAR NUMBER RATE* NUMBER RATE*
1950 530 ** 515 23.6
1955 568 ** 541 24.8
1960 676 9.3 620 28.5
1965 748 8.4 742 31.8
1970 960 8.2 937 42.3
1971 1,011 8.2 984 44.4
1972 1,019 7.8 989 43.8
1973 956 7.0 954 41.2
1974 711 5.2 717 30.7
1975 671 4.7 681 29.1
1976 725 4.7 696 29.4
1977 763 4.8 771 32.3
1978 884 5.2 877 36.5
1979 801 4.7 783 32.5
1980 796 4.8 743 29.5
1981 792 4.7 793 31.5
1982 777 4.5 755 29.6
1983 744 4.2 725 28.0
1984 707 3.8 697 26.9
1985 691 4.0 683 25.7
1986 785 5.7 782 29.4
1987 802 4.0 804 29.6
1988 791 3.6 776 28.2
1989 806 3.5 797 28.7
1990 863 3.5 854 33.2
1991 811 3.3 810 31.5
1992 838 3.2 826 32.1
1993 897 3.3 868 33.7
1994 854 3.0 844 32.8
1995 904 3.0 898 33.3
1996 851 2.8 868 32.2
1997 896 2.9 868 32.2
1998 983 2.9 957 34.8
* DEATHS IN MISSISSIPPI PER 100,000,000 MILES
OF VEHICLE TRAVEL; DEATHS OF RESIDENTS PER
100,000 POPULATION.
** NOT AVAILABLE.
