List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year
The table below is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the United States by year. On average in 2011, 89 people were killed on the roadways of the U.S. each day.
The number of deaths – and deaths relative to the total population – have declined over the last two decades. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes, killing 32,885 and injuring 2,239,000.[1] The 32,367 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years (1949).
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Motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year [edit]
| year | deaths | vehicle miles traveled (v.m.t.)(billions) | fatalities per 100 million v.m.t. | population | fatalities per 100,000 population | %change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 26[2] | |||||
| 1900 | 36 | 76,094,000 | 0.047 | NA | ||
| 1901 | 54 | 77,584,000 | 0.070 | |||
| 1902 | 79 | 79,163,000 | 0.100 | |||
| 1903 | 117 | 80,632,000 | 0.145 | |||
| 1904 | 172 | 82,166,000 | 0.209 | |||
| 1905 | 252 | 83,822,000 | 0.301 | |||
| 1906 | 338 | 85,450,000 | 0.396 | |||
| 1907 | 581 | 87,008,000 | 0.668 | |||
| 1908 | 751 | 88,710,000 | 0.847 | |||
| 1909 | 1,174 | 90,490,000 | 1.297 | |||
| 1910 | 1,599 | 92,407,000 | 1.730 | |||
| 1911 | 2,043 | 93,863,000 | 2.177 | |||
| 1912 | 2,968 | 95,335,000 | 3.113 | |||
| 1913 | 4,079 | 97,225,000 | 4.195 | |||
| 1914 | 4,468 | 99,111,000 | 4.508 | |||
| 1915 | 6,779 | 100,546,000 | 6.742 | |||
| 1916 | 7,766 | 101,961,000 | 7.617 | |||
| 1917 | 9,630 | 103,268,000 | 9.325 | |||
| 1918 | 10,390 | 103,208,000 | 10.067 | |||
| 1919 | 10,896 | 104,514,000 | 10.425 | |||
| 1920 | 12,155 | 106,461,000 | 11.417 | |||
| 1921 | 13,253 | 55.03 | 24.09 | 108,538,000 | 12.210 | |
| 1922 | 14,859 | 67.70 | 21.95 | 110,049,000 | 13.502 | |
| 1923 | 17,870 | 85.00 | 21.03 | 111,947,000 | 15.963 | |
| 1924 | 18,400 | 104.84 | 17.55 | 114,109,000 | 16.125 | |
| 1925 | 20,771 | 122.35 | 16.98 | 115,829,000 | 17.932 | |
| 1926 | 22,194 | 140.74 | 15.77 | 117,397,000 | 18.905 | |
| 1927 | 24,470 | 158.45 | 15.44 | 119,035,000 | 20.557 | |
| 1928 | 26,557 | 172.86 | 15.36 | 120,509,000 | 22.037 | |
| 1929 | 29,592 | 197.72 | 14.97 | 121,767,000 | 24.302 | |
| 1930 | 31,204 | 206.32 | 15.12 | 123,076,741 | 25.353 | |
| 1931 | 31,963 | 216.15 | 14.79 | 124,039,648 | 25.768 | |
| 1932 | 27,979 | 200.52 | 13.95 | 124,840,471 | 22.412 | |
| 1933 | 29,746 | 200.64 | 14.83 | 125,578,763 | 23.687 | |
| 1934 | 34,240 | 215.56 | 15.88 | 126,373,773 | 27.094 | |
| 1935 | 34,494 | 228.57 | 15.09 | 127,250,232 | 27.107 | |
| 1936 | 36,126 | 252.13 | 14.33 | 128,053,180 | 28.212 | |
| 1937 | 37,819 | 270.11 | 14.00 | 128,824,829 | 29.357 | |
| 1938 | 31,083 | 271.18 | 11.46 | 129,824,939 | 23.942 | |
| 1939 | 30,895 | 285.40 | 10.83 | 130,879,718 | 23.606 | |
| 1940 | 32,914 | 302.19 | 10.89 | 132,122,446 | 24.912 | |
| 1941 | 38,142 | 333.61 | 11.43 | 133,402,471 | 28.592 | |
| 1942 | 27,007 | 268.22 | 10.07 | 134,859,553 | 20.026 | |
| 1943 | 22,727 | 208.19 | 10.92 | 136,739,353 | 16.621 | |
| 1944 | 23,165 | 212.71 | 10.89 | 138,397,345 | 16.738 | |
| 1945 | 26,785 | 250.17 | 10.71 | 139,928,165 | 19.142 | |
| 1946 | 31,874 | 340.88 | 9.35 | 141,388,566 | 22.544 | |
| 1947 | 31,193 | 370.89 | 8.41 | 144,126,071 | 21.643 | |
| 1948 | 30,775 | 397.96 | 7.73 | 146,631,302 | 20.988 | |
| 1949 | 30,246 | 424.46 | 7.13 | 149,188,130 | 20.274 | |
| 1950 | 33,186 | 458.25 | 7.24 | 152,271,417 | 21.794 | |
| 1951 | 35,309 | 491.09 | 7.19 | 154,877,889 | 22.798 | |
| 1952 | 36,088 | 513.58 | 7.03 | 157,552,740 | 22.905 | |
| 1953 | 36,190 | 544.43 | 6.65 | 160,184,192 | 22.593 | |
| 1954 | 33,890 | 561.96 | 6.03 | 163,025,854 | 20.788 | |
| 1955 | 36,688 | 605.65 | 6.06 | 165,931,202 | 22.110 | |
| 1956 | 37,965 | 627.84 | 6.05 | 168,903,031 | 22.477 | |
| 1957 | 36,932 | 647.00 | 5.71 | 171,984,130 | 21.474 | |
| 1958 | 35,331 | 664.65 | 5.32 | 174,881,904 | 20.203 | |
| 1959 | 36,223 | 700.48 | 5.17 | 177,829,628 | 20.369 | |
| 1960 | 36,399 | 718.76 | 5.06 | 180,671,158 | 20.147 | |
| 1961 | 36,285 | 737.42 | 4.92 | 183,691,481 | 19.753 | |
| 1962 | 38,980 | 766.73 | 5.08 | 186,537,737 | 20.897 | |
| 1963 | 41,723 | 805.25 | 5.18 | 189,241,798 | 22.047 | |
| 1964 | 45,645 | 846.30 | 5.39 | 191,888,791 | 23.787 | |
| 1965 | 47,089 | 887.81 | 5.30 | 194,302,963 | 24.235 | |
| 1966 | 50,894 | 925.90 | 5.50 | 196,560,338 | 25.892 | |
| 1967 | 50,724 | 964.01 | 5.26 | 198,712,056 | 25.526 | |
| 1968 | 52,725 | 1,015.87 | 5.19 | 200,706,052 | 26.270 | |
| 1969 | 53,543 | 1,061.79 | 5.04 | 202,676,946 | 26.418 | |
| 1970 | 52,627 | 1,109.72 | 4.74 | 205,052,174 | 25.665 | |
| 1971 | 52,542 | 1,178.81 | 4.46 | 207,660,677 | 25.302 | |
| 1972 | 54,589 | 1,259.79 | 4.33 | 209,896,021 | 26.008 | |
| 1973 | 54,052 | 1,313.11 | 4.12 | 211,908,788 | 25.507 | |
| 1974 | 45,196 | 1,280.54 | 3.53 | 213,853,928 | 21.134 | |
| 1975 | 44,525 | 1,327.66 | 3.35 | 215,973,199 | 20.616 | |
| 1976 | 45,523 | 1,402.38 | 3.25 | 218,035,164 | 20.879 | |
| 1977 | 47,878 | 1,467.03 | 3.26 | 220,239,425 | 21.739 | |
| 1978 | 50,331 | 1,544.70 | 3.26 | 222,584,545 | 22.612 | |
| 1979 | 51,093 | 1,529.13 | 3.34 | 225,055,487 | 22.702 | |
| 1980 | 51,091 | 1,527.30 | 3.35 | 227,224,681 | 22.485 | |
| 1981 | 49,301 | 1,552.80 | 3.18 | 229,465,714 | 21.485 | |
| 1982 | 43,945 | 1,595.01 | 2.76 | 231,664,458 | 18.969 | |
| 1983 | 42,589 | 1,652.79 | 2.58 | 233,791,994 | 18.217 | |
| 1984 | 44,257 | 1,720.27 | 2.57 | 235,824,902 | 18.767 | |
| 1985 | 43,825 | 1,774.18 | 2.47 | 237,923,795 | 18.420 | |
| 1986 | 46,087 | 1,834.87 | 2.51 | 240,132,887 | 19.192 | |
| 1987 | 46,390 | 1,921.20 | 2.42 | 242,288,918 | 19.147 | |
| 1988 | 47,087 | 2,025.96 | 2.32 | 244,498,982 | 19.259 | |
| 1989 | 45,582 | 2,096.46 | 2.17 | 246,819,230 | 18.468 | |
| 1990 | 44,599 | 2,144.36 | 2.08 | 249,464,396 | 17.878 | |
| 1991 | 41,508 | 2,172.05 | 1.91 | 252,153,092 | 16.461 | |
| 1992 | 39,250 | 2,247.15 | 1.75 | 255,029,699 | 15.390 | |
| 1993 | 40,150 | 2,296.38 | 1.75 | 257,782,608 | 15.575 | |
| 1994 | 40,716 | 2,358 | 1.73 | 260,327,021 | 15.6403 | |
| 1995 | 41,817 | 2,423 | 1.73 | 262,803,276 | 15.9119 | |
| 1996 | 42,065 | 2,486 | 1.69 | 265,228,572 | 15.8599 | |
| 1997 | 42,013 | 2,562 | 1.64 | 267,783,607 | 15.6892 | |
| 1998 | 41,501 | 2,632 | 1.58 | 270,248,003 | 15.3566 | |
| 1999 | 41,717 | 2,691 | 1.55 | 272,690,813 | 15.2983 | |
| 2000 | 41,945 | 2,747 | 1.53 | 282,216,952 | 14.8627 | |
| 2001[1] | 42,196 | 2,797 | 1.51 | 285,226,284 | 14.81 | |
| 2002 | 43,005 | 2,856 | 1.51 | 288,125,973 | 14.95 | |
| 2003 | 42,884 | 2,890 | 1.48 | 290,796,023 | 14.78 | |
| 2004 | 42,836 | 2,965 | 1.44 | 293,638,158 | 14.63 | |
| 2005 | 43,510 | 2,989 | 1.46 | 296,507,061 | 14.72 | |
| 2006 | 42,708 | 3,014 | 1.42 | 299,398,484 | 14.31 | |
| 2007 | 41,259 | 3,031 | 1.36 | 301,139,947 | 13.70 | |
| 2008 | 37,423 | 2,977 | 1.26 | 303,824,640 | 12.31 | |
| 2009 | 33,883 | 2,957 | 1.15 | 306,700,000 | 11.05 | |
| 2010 [1] | 32,885 | 2,967 | 1.11 | 308,745,538 | 10.6511 | |
| 2011 [3][4] | 32,367 | 2,930 | 1.10 | 311,591,917 | 10.3876 | |
| 2012 (9 mo)[4] | 25,580 | 1.16 | 314,395,013[5] | 10.8483 (pro-rated over 12 mo.) |
(pro-rated over 12 mo.) |
2010 Detailed Statistics [edit]
The following table summarizes the number of people killed and injured in fatal collisions by month in 2010. The table does not include injuries resulting from incidents in which no fatalities occurred.[6]
| MONTH | FATALITIES | IN-VEHICLE CASUALTIES EXCL. UNINJURED BUS OCCUPANTS | NON-VEHICLE CASUALTIES INCL. PEDESTRIANS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/2010 | 2290 | 4785 | 427 |
| 02/2010 | 2016 | 4340 | 386 |
| 03/2010 | 2423 | 5087 | 407 |
| 04/2010 | 2777 | 5775 | 404 |
| 05/2010 | 2934 | 6066 | 418 |
| 06/2010 | 2795 | 5809 | 348 |
| 07/2010 | 3095 | 6763 | 456 |
| 08/2010 | 3083 | 6549 | 428 |
| 09/2010 | 3024 | 6309 | 511 |
| 10/2010 | 3056 | 6382 | 543 |
| 11/2010 | 2795 | 5842 | 573 |
| 12/2010 | 2597 | 5417 | 548 |
See also [edit]
- Car accidents
- List of countries by traffic-related death rate
- List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year
- List of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year
- Work-related road safety in the United States
References [edit]
- ^ a b c NHTSA ('Traffic Safety Facts 2010 Data') .pdf, NHTSA.dot.gov June 2012
- ^ "U.S. Highway Deaths Decline for a Fifth Year, Longest Streak Since 1899". Bloomberg. December 8, 2011.
- ^ NBC News December 10, 2012
- ^ a b Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for The First Nine Months of 2012
- ^ http://www.commerce.gov/blog/2012/09/17/us-population-reaches-314395013-constitution-day-2012
- ^ "FARS 2010". National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.