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Every year, nearly four million people sustain injuries severe enough to necessitate an emergency room visit. To put it in perspective, that's one person every 8 seconds. In recent years, the state of Texas has experienced the following economic losses as the result of traffic collisions. 2004 — $19,400,000,000.
Texas experienced a decrease in the number of motor vehicle traffic fatalities. The 2023 death toll of 4,283 was a decrease of 2.81% from the 4,407 deaths recorded in 2022. There were 15,219 serious injury crashes in Texas in 2023 with 18,752 people sustaining a serious injury*.
Texas experienced a decrease in the number of motor vehicle traffic fatalities. The 2018 death toll of 3,657 was a decrease of 1.85% from the 3,726 deaths recorded in 2017. There were 12,225 serious injury crashes in Texas in 2018 with 14,980 people sustaining a serious injury*.
Therefore, there is 1 injury every 128 seconds. Given this calculation, it's evident that 1 injury every 128 seconds is a higher frequency than the other options, confirming that 1 person was injured every 2 minutes and 8 seconds on Texas roads.
Texas experienced a decrease in the number of motor vehicle traffic fatalities. The 2022 death toll of 4,481 was a decrease of 0.36% from the 4,497 deaths recorded in 2021. There were 15,299 serious injury crashes in Texas in 2022 with 18,880 people sustaining a serious injury*.
205,498 persons were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2020. There were 482 motorcyclists (operators and passengers) killed in 2020. Forty five percent (49%) of motorcyclists killed were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash. Pedestrian fatalities totaled 717 in 2020.
255,259 persons were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2017. There were 498 motorcyclists (operators and passengers) killed in 2017. Fifty one percent (51%) of motorcyclists killed were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash. Pedestrian fatalities totaled 618 in 2017.
Texas experienced a decrease in the number of motor vehicle traffic fatalities. The 2018 death toll of 3,639 was a decrease of 2.36% from the 3,727 deaths recorded in 2017. There were 12,161 serious injury crashes in Texas in 2018 with 14,908 people sustaining a serious injury*.
There were 15,769 serious injury crashes in Texas in 2021 with 19,456 people sustaining a serious injury*. The annual vehicle miles traveled in Texas during 2021 reached 285.224 billion, an increase of 9.46% over the 260.580 billion traveled in 2020.
Single vehicle, run-off the road crashes resulted in 1,354 deaths in 2020. This was 34.75% of all motor vehicle traffic deaths in 2020. In 2020 there were 871 people killed in crashes occurring in intersections or related to an intersection. There were 538 people killed in head-on crashes in 2020.