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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]
Fortunately, the incidence of fatal crashes per 100,000 people dropped 2% between 2021 and 2022, but that decrease comes on the heels of a sharp 11% increase from 2020 to 2021 when motorists ...
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 ...
The total fatalities figures comes from the WHO report (table A2, column point estimate, pp. 264–271) and are often an adjusted number of road traffic fatalities in order to reflect the different reporting and counting methods among the many countries (e.g., "a death after how many days since accident event is still counted as a road fatality?"
Scripps News Staff. April 1, 2024 at 5:07 PM. An aerial photo of a fatal multi-vehicle crash in Louisiana in 2023. ... non-occupant fatalities in traffic crashes reached their highest rate since 1981.
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]
Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America, according to a recent iSeeCars study that analyzed data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System ...
In 2020, fatalities increased to nearly 38,680 in the US due to fewer people driving on the road. [9] The same year, fatalities decreased to 18,800 in the EU, due to fewer people driving on the road. [39] That year there was 115% more fatalities in the US than in the EU, or 53% less in the EU than in the US.