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April 1 – Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023: The toll from a tornado outbreak rises to 32 people dead and at least 90 injuries, especially in the states of Arkansas and Illinois. [3] May 1 – At least six people are killed and 30 others are injured in Illinois after a dust storm causes a crash involving 70 to 90 vehicles on ...
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]
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
March 2 – United States – Imperial County car crash. 13 people were killed and 13 others wounded when an SUV and a semi-truck collided in Imperial County, California. March 2 – Bolivia – Colomi bus crash. A bus traveling along Route 7 fell into a ravine, [311] killing 21 people and injuring 17.
1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash; 2023 Bowdoin–Yarmouth shootings; C. ... 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash; 2017 Times Square car attack; W. Wagon Mound ...