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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] In 2022, there were ...
Road deaths per billion vehicle miles (2021) This is a list of U.S. states by road deaths. Data are for the year 2021. Death data are from NHTSA, [1] mileage figures are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [2] and population data are from the US Census.
The states in red had a higher rate of deaths in 2023 compared to the 2017-2019 average. The states in blue had a lower rate. (Fatalities are adjusted for driving trends in each state.
On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [5] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between regions. The risk of dying as a result of a road traffic injury is highest in the African Region (26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (9.3 per 100 000 ...
More than 42,000 Americans died in car crashes in 2022, making these accidents a leading cause of death in the U.S. These deaths occurred during over 39,000 crashes that year—about one crash per ...
The state also had the most fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel. Despite its poor rankings in most categories, the state did well in workplace safety, ranking 18th out of all states.
The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles, [96] [97] while for driving, the rate was 1.5 per 100 million vehicle-miles for 2000, which is 150 deaths per 10 billion miles for comparison with the air travel rate. [16] [98] [99] [100]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 40,990 people died in traffic crashes last year compared to 42,514 deaths in 2022. Fatalities are still much higher than the ...