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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]
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. 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 ...
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.
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 ...
Statistics show that tired driving causes as many car crash fatalities as driving on slippery roads and the wrong way down a one-way street. Police reports originally estimated that 2.4 percent of ...
The Tesla Model S has a rate more than double than average, at 5.8 per billion vehicle miles driven; meanwhile, the Tesla Model Y — the best-selling vehicle in the world has a fatal crash rate ...
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. [27]
In developing nations, statistics may be grossly inaccurate or hard to get. Some nations have not significantly reduced the total death rate, which stands at 12,000 in Thailand in 2007, for example. [7] In the United States, twenty-eight states had reductions in the number of automobile crash fatalities between 2005 and 2006.