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The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [6] In 2022, there were 42,795 total motor vehicle fatalities. [7]
The number of road accidents per one million inhabitants in the U.S. is forecast to dip down in the next years, reaching just over 7,100 in 2025. A slower decrease is further tipped for the...
In all, the number of police-reported crashes that year hit 5,930,496.¹. Car accident statistics show just how common collisions are on U.S. roadways.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide. That number marks the highest number of fatalities since 2007.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide. That number marks the highest number of fatalities since 2007.
Yearly snapshot. A total of 42,514 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2022. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s most recent estimate of the annual economic cost of crashes is $340 billion (Blincoe et al., 2023).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for 2021. NHTSA projects that an estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes last year, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its latest projections for traffic fatalities in 2022, estimating that 42,795 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This represents a small decrease of about 0.3% as compared to 42,939 fatalities reported for 2021.
The number of motor vehicle crash deaths in 2021 represents a 10.5% increase from 2020, an 18.0% increase from 2019 (even with similar levels of vehicle miles traveled), and the highest number of deaths since 2005 (2).
In 2020, 19 states had a higher traffic fatality rate than the national average of 1.34 per 100 million miles. The South had the highest average fatality rate of any other region [2].