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The list includes notable accidents with at least 5 deaths, which either occurred in unusual circumstances, or have some other significance. For crashes that killed notable people, refer to the list of people who died in traffic collisions. This list records crashes from the year 2000. For earlier crashes, see list of traffic collisions (before ...
Data requested by the Island Packet shows the top 10 worst intersections in the county since 2020: 1,432 accidents, two deaths and 35 injuries in total.
One third of fatal accidents involve alcohol. [5] Deaths from speeding exceeded 12,000, half of which involved drivers not wearing a seatbelt, and a third of which involved male drivers aged 15 to 20. [6] Most deaths were occupants of cars, but 17% were pedestrians, 14% were motorcyclists and 2% were cyclists. [5]
It also excludes indirect car-related fatalities. For more details, see Transportation safety in the United States. From the beginning of recorded statistics until the 1970s, total traffic deaths in the United States generally trended upwards, except during the Great Depression and World War II. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year ...
In Memphis, 25.96 people per 100,000 residents were killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents, the most of any major U.S. city. Detroit and Albuquerque, New Mexico, followed with the highest rate of ...
Over the next several minutes, a series of chain-reaction crashes occurred which ultimately consumed 99 vehicles and resulted in 12 deaths and 42 injuries. [11] Some of the crashes set off multiple explosions and fires. [12] The crash site extended 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) north and south of where the crash began.
Tesla vehicles have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven, according to the study; Kia is second with a rate of 5.5, and Buick rounds out the top three with a 4.8 rate. The average ...
A 75-car pileup on Interstate 95 in Penobscot County, Maine, United States, was noted as possibly Maine's largest single traffic collision. [111] 30 January 2016: Slovenia : 4: 30: 70+ A 55-car pileup on A1 motorway near Senožeče, Slovenia killed five and injured more than 30. [112] [113] 13 February 2016: United States (Lebanon County ...