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19 years American NASCAR driver truck near Albuquerque, New Mexico: Truck was carrying a car and fell over. Tom Clark: 1941 2018 77 years American poet pedestrian Berkeley, California: Clark was hit by a car while crossing the street. He later died from his injuries. [97] Terrence Clarke: 2001 2021 19 years American college basketball player ...
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]
May 18 – China – A vehicle carrying 14 people careened off a cliff and fell into a pool of water in Guangxi, killing 11. [426] May 18 – United States – A semi truck collided with a parked van carrying several people which in turn collided with another semi truck parked in front of it, killing seven and injuring four. [427] [428] [429] [430]
U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.2% in the first three months of 2024 -- the lowest number since the same period in 2020 -- but crash fatalities still remain sharply above pre-COVID levels. The National ...
Almost every year prior to 1990 exceeded 750 traffic fatalities. From 1968 (as far back as I could find records) to 1990 we averaged 827 traffic deaths a year, peaking at over 1000 in 1979.
An aerial photo of a fatal multi-vehicle crash in Louisiana in 2023. Close to 41,000 people died on U.S. roadways last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said, a total that ...
February 16 – Sweden – The worst traffic accident in Sweden occurred outside Axamo, Jönköping. Overheated tires caused a bus fire, killing 15 and injuring 28. [62] May 21 – United States – Yuba City bus disaster. A bus carrying the Yuba City High School a cappella choir fell off Interstate 680 in California, killing 28 students and a ...
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 ...