List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year

This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the United States by year. On average in 2009, 93 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%. Traffic fatalities in 2010 were the lowest in 62 years.

year	deaths	vehicle miles traveled (billions)	fatalities per 100 million v.m.t.	population	Fraction of population	%change
1900	36			76,094,000	0.00000047	NA
1901	54			77,584,000	0.00000070	47.12%
1902	79			79,163,000	0.00000100	43.38%
1903	117			80,632,000	0.00000145	45.40%
1904	172			82,166,000	0.00000209	44.26%
1905	252			83,822,000	0.00000301	43.62%
1906	338			85,450,000	0.00000396	31.57%
1907	581			87,008,000	0.00000668	68.82%
1908	751			88,710,000	0.00000847	26.78%
1909	1,174			90,490,000	0.00001297	53.25%
1910	1,599			92,407,000	0.00001730	33.38%
1911	2,043			93,863,000	0.00002177	25.79%
1912	2,968			95,335,000	0.00003113	43.03%
1913	4,079			97,225,000	0.00004195	34.76%
1914	4,468			99,111,000	0.00004508	7.45%
1915	6,779			100,546,000	0.00006742	49.56%
1916	7,766			101,961,000	0.00007617	12.97%
1917	9,630			103,268,000	0.00009325	22.43%
1918	10,390			103,208,000	0.00010067	7.95%
1919	10,896			104,514,000	0.00010425	3.56%
1920	12,155			106,461,000	0.00011417	9.51%
1921	13,253	55.03	24.09	108,538,000	0.00012210	6.95%
1922	14,859	67.70	21.95	110,049,000	0.00013502	10.58%
1923	17,870	85.00	21.03	111,947,000	0.00015963	18.22%
1924	18,400	104.84	17.55	114,109,000	0.00016125	1.01%
1925	20,771	122.35	16.98	115,829,000	0.00017932	11.21%
1926	22,194	140.74	15.77	117,397,000	0.00018905	5.42%
1927	24,470	158.45	15.44	119,035,000	0.00020557	8.74%
1928	26,557	172.86	15.36	120,509,000	0.00022037	7.20%
1929	29,592	197.72	14.97	121,767,000	0.00024302	10.28%
1930	31,204	206.32	15.12	123,076,741	0.00025353	4.33%
1931	31,963	216.15	14.79	124,039,648	0.00025768	1.64%
1932	27,979	200.52	13.95	124,840,471	0.00022412	-13.03%
1933	29,746	200.64	14.83	125,578,763	0.00023687	5.69%
1934	34,240	215.56	15.88	126,373,773	0.00027094	14.38%
1935	34,494	228.57	15.09	127,250,232	0.00027107	0.05%
1936	36,126	252.13	14.33	128,053,180	0.00028212	4.07%
1937	37,819	270.11	14.00	128,824,829	0.00029357	4.06%
1938	31,083	271.18	11.46	129,824,939	0.00023942	-18.44%
1939	30,895	285.40	10.83	130,879,718	0.00023606	-1.41%
1940	32,914	302.19	10.89	132,122,446	0.00024912	5.53%
1941	38,142	333.61	11.43	133,402,471	0.00028592	14.77%
1942	27,007	268.22	10.07	134,859,553	0.00020026	-29.96%
1943	22,727	208.19	10.92	136,739,353	0.00016621	-17.00%
1944	23,165	212.71	10.89	138,397,345	0.00016738	0.71%
1945	26,785	250.17	10.71	139,928,165	0.00019142	14.36%
1946	31,874	340.88	9.35	141,388,566	0.00022544	17.77%
1947	31,193	370.89	8.41	144,126,071	0.00021643	-4.00%
1948	30,775	397.96	7.73	146,631,302	0.00020988	-3.03%
1949	30,246	424.46	7.13	149,188,130	0.00020274	-3.40%
1950	33,186	458.25	7.24	152,271,417	0.00021794	7.50%
1951	35,309	491.09	7.19	154,877,889	0.00022798	4.61%
1952	36,088	513.58	7.03	157,552,740	0.00022905	0.47%
1953	36,190	544.43	6.65	160,184,192	0.00022593	-1.36%
1954	33,890	561.96	6.03	163,025,854	0.00020788	-7.99%
1955	36,688	605.65	6.06	165,931,202	0.00022110	6.36%
1956	37,965	627.84	6.05	168,903,031	0.00022477	1.66%
1957	36,932	647.00	5.71	171,984,130	0.00021474	-4.46%
1958	35,331	664.65	5.32	174,881,904	0.00020203	-5.92%
1959	36,223	700.48	5.17	177,829,628	0.00020369	0.83%
1960	36,399	718.76	5.06	180,671,158	0.00020147	-1.09%
1961	36,285	737.42	4.92	183,691,481	0.00019753	-1.95%
1962	38,980	766.73	5.08	186,537,737	0.00020897	5.79%
1963	41,723	805.25	5.18	189,241,798	0.00022047	5.51%
1964	45,645	846.30	5.39	191,888,791	0.00023787	7.89%
1965	47,089	887.81	5.30	194,302,963	0.00024235	1.88%
1966	50,894	925.90	5.50	196,560,338	0.00025892	6.84%
1967	50,724	964.01	5.26	198,712,056	0.00025526	-1.41%
1968	52,725	1,015.87	5.19	200,706,052	0.00026270	2.91%
1969	53,543	1,061.79	5.04	202,676,946	0.00026418	0.56%
1970	52,627	1,109.72	4.74	205,052,174	0.00025665	-2.85%
1971	52,542	1,178.81	4.46	207,660,677	0.00025302	-1.42%
1972	54,589	1,259.79	4.33	209,896,021	0.00026008	2.79%
1973	54,052	1,313.11	4.12	211,908,788	0.00025507	-1.92%
1974	45,196	1,280.54	3.53	213,853,928	0.00021134	-17.14%
1975	44,525	1,327.66	3.35	215,973,199	0.00020616	-2.45%
1976	45,523	1,402.38	3.25	218,035,164	0.00020879	1.27%
1977	47,878	1,467.03	3.26	220,239,425	0.00021739	4.12%
1978	50,331	1,544.70	3.26	222,584,545	0.00022612	4.02%
1979	51,093	1,529.13	3.34	225,055,487	0.00022702	0.40%
1980	51,091	1,527.30	3.35	227,224,681	0.00022485	-0.96%
1981	49,301	1,552.80	3.18	229,465,714	0.00021485	-4.45%
1982	43,945	1,595.01	2.76	231,664,458	0.00018969	-11.71%
1983	42,589	1,652.79	2.58	233,791,994	0.00018217	-3.97%
1984	44,257	1,720.27	2.57	235,824,902	0.00018767	3.02%
1985	43,825	1,774.18	2.47	237,923,795	0.00018420	-1.85%
1986	46,087	1,834.87	2.51	240,132,887	0.00019192	4.19%
1987	46,390	1,921.20	2.42	242,288,918	0.00019147	-0.24%
1988	47,087	2,025.96	2.32	244,498,982	0.00019259	0.58%
1989	45,582	2,096.46	2.17	246,819,230	0.00018468	-4.11%
1990	44,599	2,144.36	2.08	249,464,396	0.00017878	-3.19%
1991	41,508	2,172.05	1.91	252,153,092	0.00016461	-7.92%
1992	39,250	2,247.15	1.75	255,029,699	0.00015390	-6.51%
1993	40,150	2,296.38	1.75	257,782,608	0.00015575	1.20%
1994	40,716	2,358	1.73	260,327,021	0.000156403	0.42%
1995	41,817	2,423	1.73	262,803,276	0.000159119	1.74%
1996	42,065	2,486	1.69	265,228,572	0.000158599	0.33%
1997	42,013	2,562	1.64	267,783,607	0.000156892	1.08%
1998	41,501	2,632	1.58	270,248,003	0.000153566	2.12%
1999	41,717	2,691	1.55	272,690,813	0.000152983	0.38%
2000	41,945	2,747	1.53	282,216,952	0.000148627	2.85%
2001	42,196	2,797	1.51	285,226,284	0.000147939	0.46%
2002	43,005	2,856	1.51	288,125,973	0.000149258	0.89%
2003	42,643	2,890	1.48	290,796,023	0.000146642	1.75%
2004	42,836	2,965	1.44	293,638,158	0.000145880	0.52%
2005	43,443	2,989	1.46	296,507,061	0.000146516	0.44%
2006	42,642	3,014	1.42	299,398,484	0.000142426	2.79%
2007	41,059	3,032	1.36	301,139,947	0.000137840	3.85%
2008	37,261	2,974	1.25	303,824,640	0.000122640	11.0%
2009	33,808			306,700,000	0.000110737	9.7%
2010	32,708

See also

• 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

References

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (NHTSA)[1]
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [2]
• Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities & Fatality Rate: 1899 - 2003 [3]