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The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles, [96] [97] while for driving, the rate was 1.5 per 100 million vehicle-miles for 2000, which is 150 deaths per 10 billion miles for comparison with the air travel rate.
Worldwide, it was estimated that 1.25 million people were killed and many millions more were injured in motor vehicle collisions in 2013. [2] This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360,000 die a year) and the ninth most frequent cause of death for all ages worldwide. [3]
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 ]
Forbes Advisor recently compared the 50 most populated U.S. cities to find the average number of fatal crashes per 100,000 residents over ... The number of miles driven in 2023 increased to 67.5 ...
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 ...
Although the United States has seen a small drop in highway deaths, an estimated 38,800 people died in car crashes in 2019, according to the NSC. 14 of the Most Shocking Safety Statistics Skip to ...
Lack of data remains a key challenge in comparisons of fatalities per million miles between AVs and humans. [22] [23] One limited early study claimed a rate of 9.1 crashes per million miles by AVs, nearly double the rate from human driving, though crashes were less serious than humans. [22]
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991.