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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 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]
The number of miles driven in 2023 increased to 67.5 billion, while the number of traffic fatalities decreased by 3.6% from 2022. The total number of motor vehicle fatalities has increased ...
As cars have become safer for occupants (due to airbags, structural crashworthiness and other improvements) the percent of pedestrian fatalities as a percent of total motor vehicle fatalities steadily increased from 11% in 2004 [77] to 15% in 2014 according to NHTSA data. [78] Bicyclists accounted for 2 percent of all traffic deaths in 2014. [79]
Highway fatalities are on the rise again — 46,000 in the U.S. in 2022, up 22%, according to numbers released last week. How many of those deaths involved distracted driving ?
New York City officials reported last week that overall traffic fatalities fell in 2022 by 6.6%, while pedestrian fatalities fell by 6.3%. Overall, traffic deaths have fallen by a third since the ...
January 14 – Papua New Guinea – A bus and a public motor vehicle (PMV, a refitted truck used for public transportation) crashed head-on in Morobe Province, killing at least 40. [83] February 8 – Afghanistan – Salang avalanches. At least 36 avalanches struck the southern approach to the Salang Tunnel, killing 175. [84]
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was created in the United States by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis to evaluate the effectiveness of motor vehicle safety standards and highway safety programs. [1]