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From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. 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]
Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the most dangerous cities for drivers, according to a Forbes Advisor analysis looking at the average rate of fatal accidents between 2017 and 2021. In Memphis, 25.96 ...
September 1 – Ecuador – 10 people, including three children died when a bus crashed and overturned in Cuenca. [ 256 ] September 12 – India – An overcrowded bus rolled into a gorge in Jagtial district, Telangana, killing at least 57 people and injuring 31. [ 257 ] October 6 – United States – Schoharie limousine crash.
Speeding and drunk driving contributed to Kylie's fatal car crash. Chris Hartje: 1915 1946 31 years American baseball player bus Snoqualmie Pass Highway (US 10), Washington: Passenger in a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team, which swerved to avoid a wrong-way driver and plunged 300-500 feet down a mountainside. Hartje and eight of ...
Jun. 17—Nearly 3 in 4 New Hampshire traffic deaths in 2022 occurred in accidents caused by an impaired driver, a higher percentage than in preceding years. Authorities at the state and local ...
List of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year. Road toll (Australia and New Zealand) List of motor vehicle deaths in Iceland by year. List of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year. List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year. List of road traffic accidents deaths in Republic of Ireland by year. Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year.
Comparing motorways (controlled-access, divided highways) in Europe and the United States, according to 2012 data, Denmark had the safest motorways with a rate of 0.72 road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km, while the United States had 3.38 road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km on its Interstate-type highways, often called freeways. [29]
In the United States, the definition used in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) [110] run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is a person who dies within 30 days of a crash on a US public road involving a vehicle with an engine, the death being the result of the crash. In the U.S., therefore, if a driver has ...