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MotorVehicle Fatality rate for Portland
Read Motor vehicle Fatality rateoff of graph on page 47 of Second Annual Portland Metropolitan Region Transportation System Performance Report
MotorVehicle Fatality rate for Portland (1994-1996): ..7 per 100e6 Vehicle miles / 1.2 = .58
MAX 1987-2000=1.46
1.46 / .58 = 2.52 = 252%
MotorVehicle Fatality rate for Portland (2001-2003): .45 per 100e6 Vehicle miles / 1.2 = .38
MAX 2001-2006=0.88
.88 / .38 = 2.32 = 232%
MotorVehicle Fatality rate forPortland (1994-2002): .55 per 100e6 Vehicle miles / 1.2 = .46
MAX 1987-2006=1.14
1.14 / .46 = 2.48 = 248%
From pages 1 and 4 of the Trimet publication busmaxstat.pdf (http://www.trimet.org/pdfs/ridership/busmaxstat.pdf)
Details of How We Calculate Fatality Rate
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