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According to data from the National Highway Transit Safety Administration, roughly 1 in 4 fatal car crashes in the United States happen at an intersection. [7] Most deaths were occupants of cars, but 17% were pedestrians, 14% were motorcyclists and 2% were cyclists. [5]
Traffic crashes accounted for 42,514 deaths in 2022, a mortality rate of 12.8 per 100,000 people, according to the Federal Highway Administration. This number was 716 deaths lower than the ...
Comparing motorways (controlled-access, divided highways) in Europe and the United States, according to 2012 data, Denmark had the safest motorways with a rate of 0.72 road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km, while the United States had 3.38 road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km on its Interstate-type highways, often called freeways. [27]
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 ...
The study ranked 195 cities in the United States to determine which ones had the most fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents. ... with 46 deadly crashes in 2022. That came out to 29.45 per ...
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 ...
12 March 2022: United States (Cumberland County, Pennsylvania) 0: 10: 73: There was a pileup on Pennsylvania Route 581 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, likely caused by a snow squall. [136] 17 March 2022: United States (Charleston, Missouri) 6: 47: There was a pileup on Interstate 57 near Charleston in southeastern Missouri, caused by fog ...
Under the “Tools” tab on the site, the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System or SWITRS GIS Map allows the public to look at a map of crashes near them. The map gives users the option to ...