Trends in annual vehicle fatality rates.

(A) Annual vehicle occupant fatalities involving vehicles manufactured in the prior five or 10 years. Annual fatalities for occupants in “recent-model” vehicles manufactured in the last five or 10 years have been generally declining as vehicle safety technologies have improved. (B) Annual vehicle occupant fatalities have decreased overall since 1975, yet fatalities among females have remained largely the same year-to-year.