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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 ...
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]
March 16 – Canada – A van carrying ten daycare children and a teacher collided with a car in Nicolet, Quebec, killing eight children. [1] July 7 – Spain – A bus collided head-on with a truck near Soria, killing 27 and injuring 13. [2] August 28 – Nigeria – Abuja bus crash. A lorry crushed three buses after its brakes failed, rolling ...
Data requested by the Island Packet shows the top 10 worst intersections in the county since 2020: 1,432 accidents, two deaths and 35 injuries in total.
Between 2017 and 2021, Milwaukee saw an average of 10.97 fatal car accidents per 100,000 residents. The city also saw an average of 3.02 fatal accidents involving drunk drivers in the same time ...
Topeka saw more than 1,000 accidents at intersections across the city in 2023. The intersection of S.E. 21st and Adams streets was the most dangerous, with 13 traffic accidents.
Freezing rain resulted in 133 [130] vehicles being involved in a crash on Interstate 35W near Fort Worth, Texas. It was the worst pile-up in Texas history with more than 65 people hospitalized and at least six people dead. Multiple people were trapped in their vehicles as well and had to be rescued. The scene of the crash spanned over 1.5 miles ...
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 ...