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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide. That number marks the highest number of fatalities since 2007.
While Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, NHTSA’s early estimates show that an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes—the largest projected number of fatalities since 2007.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide. That number marks the highest number of fatalities since 2007.
Rate of fatal crashes in the United States by month in 2020 (per 100 million vehicle miles traveled)
Among the key findings: In 2020 an estimated 38,824 people were killed in 5,250,837 police-reported traffic crashes an d an estimated 2,282,015 people were injured, a 6.8 percent increase in fatalities compared to 2019, but a 16.7 percent decrease in the estimated number of people injured; the estimated number of police-reported crashes ...
Motor Vehicle Deaths in 2020 Estimated to be Highest in 13 Years, Despite Dramatic Drops in Miles Driven. A 24% spike in roadway death rates is highest in 96 years; NSC calls on President Biden to commit to zero deaths immediately.
Crash Data Overview. In 2020, there were 246,752 crashes involving motor vehicles in Illinois. Injury crashes accounted for 21.1% of these crashes (52,090), while fatal crashes (1,088) accounted for less than 1.0% of these crashes. Crashes involving an A-injury accounted for 13.2% of injury crashes.
The following documents are annual reports of crash data facts and statistics: 2022 Crash Facts. 2021 Crash Facts. 2020 Crash Facts. 2019 Crash Facts. 2018 Crash Facts. 2017 Crash Facts.
In this annual report, Traffic Safety Facts 2020: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration presents descriptive statistics about traffic crashes of all severities, from those that result in property damage to those that result in the loss of human life.
FARS. This analysis adjusts fatal crash cases currently coded for 2020 into NHTSA’s FARS and scales it up to the projected fatality counts in the 2020 early estimates report (Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2020, Report No. DOT HS 813 115). The estimates of fatalities by sub-categories are carried out in two steps.