The table below shows the motor vehicle fatality rate in the United States by year from 1899 through 2016. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 2016 data shows 37,461 people were killed in 34,436 motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day.
In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes, 30,296 of with fatalities, killing 32,999, and injuring 2,239,000. About 2,000 children under 16 die every year in traffic collisions. Records indicate that there have been a total of 3,613,732 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States from 1899 to 2013.
Although the number of deaths, and deaths relative to the total US population, declined over most of the previous two decades, the trend reversed in 2015 and continued to move upward in 2016. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. US motor death statistics reported by government only include those on public roads, and do not include parking lots, driveways, and private roads.
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2010 detailed statistics
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.
These fatalities do not include those also attributable to transportation due pollution nor energy production for the use of the transportation. They are also only human fatalities, and animals are also significantly affected with tens of millions of deaths . Another factor not included in this tally is that attributable to traffic noise, which could be millions as a contributory factor and is likely to be tens of thousands as a direct consequence .
See also
- Cyclist fatality rate in U.S. by year
- Effects of the car on societies
- 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
- Roadkill
- Transportation safety in the United States
References
External links
- Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) at NHTSA
- "Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities & Fatality Rate: 1899 - 2003]" (PDF). Safe Roads. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-21.
- Badger, Emily; Ingraham, Christopher (Oct 1, 2015). "The hidden inequality of who dies in car crashes". The Washington Post.
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