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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 ...
November 24 – Nepal – Jajarkot bus accident. A bus plunged into the Bheri River, killing 47. [220] December 22 – United Kingdom – Glasgow bin lorry crash. A bin lorry vehicle mounted the pavement after its driver passed out at the wheel in George Square, killing six and injuring 15. [221]
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 15% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35%. 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]
This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in ...
Between 2013 and 2023, motor vehicle fatalities increased by about 25%, safety administration data shows. More than 3,300 people died and nearly 290,000 were injured in crashes involving ...
Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas, new figures show. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
In the US 49/563.5 regulatory framework, Event data recorder is defined as a . a device or function in a vehicle that records the vehicle's dynamic time-series data during the time period just prior to a crash event (e.g., vehicle speed vs. time) or during a crash event (e.g., delta-V vs. time), intended for retrieval after the crash event.
FARS contains data on a census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To be included in FARS, a crash must involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and result in the death of a person (occupant of a vehicle or a non-occupant) within 30 days of the crash.