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.

U.s. traffic deaths as fraction of total popualtion 1900-2010.png
year deaths vehicle miles traveled (billions) fatalities per 100 million v.m.t. population Fraction of
population		  %change
1899 26[1]
1900 36 76,094,000 0.00000047 NA
1901 54 77,584,000 0.00000070 negative increase47.12%
1902 79 79,163,000 0.00000100 negative increase43.38%
1903 117 80,632,000 0.00000145 negative increase45.40%
1904 172 82,166,000 0.00000209 negative increase44.26%
1905 252 83,822,000 0.00000301 negative increase43.62%
1906 338 85,450,000 0.00000396 negative increase31.57%
1907 581 87,008,000 0.00000668 negative increase68.82%
1908 751 88,710,000 0.00000847 negative increase26.78%
1909 1,174 90,490,000 0.00001297 negative increase53.25%
1910 1,599 92,407,000 0.00001730 negative increase33.38%
1911 2,043 93,863,000 0.00002177 negative increase25.79%
1912 2,968 95,335,000 0.00003113 negative increase43.03%
1913 4,079 97,225,000 0.00004195 negative increase34.76%
1914 4,468 99,111,000 0.00004508 negative increase7.45%
1915 6,779 100,546,000 0.00006742 negative increase49.56%
1916 7,766 101,961,000 0.00007617 negative increase12.97%
1917 9,630 103,268,000 0.00009325 negative increase22.43%
1918 10,390 103,208,000 0.00010067 negative increase7.95%
1919 10,896 104,514,000 0.00010425 negative increase3.56%
1920 12,155 106,461,000 0.00011417 negative increase9.51%
1921 13,253 55.03 24.09 108,538,000 0.00012210 negative increase6.95%
1922 14,859 67.70 21.95 110,049,000 0.00013502 negative increase10.58%
1923 17,870 85.00 21.03 111,947,000 0.00015963 negative increase18.22%
1924 18,400 104.84 17.55 114,109,000 0.00016125 negative increase1.01%
1925 20,771 122.35 16.98 115,829,000 0.00017932 negative increase11.21%
1926 22,194 140.74 15.77 117,397,000 0.00018905 negative increase5.42%
1927 24,470 158.45 15.44 119,035,000 0.00020557 negative increase8.74%
1928 26,557 172.86 15.36 120,509,000 0.00022037 negative increase7.20%
1929 29,592 197.72 14.97 121,767,000 0.00024302 negative increase10.28%
1930 31,204 206.32 15.12 123,076,741 0.00025353 negative increase4.33%
1931 31,963 216.15 14.79 124,039,648 0.00025768 negative increase1.64%
1932 27,979 200.52 13.95 124,840,471 0.00022412 positive decrease-13.03%
1933 29,746 200.64 14.83 125,578,763 0.00023687 negative increase5.69%
1934 34,240 215.56 15.88 126,373,773 0.00027094 negative increase14.38%
1935 34,494 228.57 15.09 127,250,232 0.00027107 negative increase0.05%
1936 36,126 252.13 14.33 128,053,180 0.00028212 negative increase4.07%
1937 37,819 270.11 14.00 128,824,829 0.00029357 negative increase4.06%
1938 31,083 271.18 11.46 129,824,939 0.00023942 positive decrease-18.44%
1939 30,895 285.40 10.83 130,879,718 0.00023606 positive decrease-1.41%
1940 32,914 302.19 10.89 132,122,446 0.00024912 negative increase5.53%
1941 38,142 333.61 11.43 133,402,471 0.00028592 negative increase14.77%
1942 27,007 268.22 10.07 134,859,553 0.00020026 positive decrease-29.96%
1943 22,727 208.19 10.92 136,739,353 0.00016621 positive decrease-17.00%
1944 23,165 212.71 10.89 138,397,345 0.00016738 negative increase0.71%
1945 26,785 250.17 10.71 139,928,165 0.00019142 negative increase14.36%
1946 31,874 340.88 9.35 141,388,566 0.00022544 negative increase17.77%
1947 31,193 370.89 8.41 144,126,071 0.00021643 positive decrease-4.00%
1948 30,775 397.96 7.73 146,631,302 0.00020988 positive decrease-3.03%
1949 30,246 424.46 7.13 149,188,130 0.00020274 positive decrease-3.40%
1950 33,186 458.25 7.24 152,271,417 0.00021794 negative increase7.50%
1951 35,309 491.09 7.19 154,877,889 0.00022798 negative increase4.61%
1952 36,088 513.58 7.03 157,552,740 0.00022905 negative increase0.47%
1953 36,190 544.43 6.65 160,184,192 0.00022593 positive decrease-1.36%
1954 33,890 561.96 6.03 163,025,854 0.00020788 positive decrease-7.99%
1955 36,688 605.65 6.06 165,931,202 0.00022110 negative increase6.36%
1956 37,965 627.84 6.05 168,903,031 0.00022477 negative increase1.66%
1957 36,932 647.00 5.71 171,984,130 0.00021474 positive decrease-4.46%
1958 35,331 664.65 5.32 174,881,904 0.00020203 positive decrease-5.92%
1959 36,223 700.48 5.17 177,829,628 0.00020369 negative increase0.83%
1960 36,399 718.76 5.06 180,671,158 0.00020147 positive decrease-1.09%
1961 36,285 737.42 4.92 183,691,481 0.00019753 positive decrease-1.95%
1962 38,980 766.73 5.08 186,537,737 0.00020897 negative increase5.79%
1963 41,723 805.25 5.18 189,241,798 0.00022047 negative increase5.51%
1964 45,645 846.30 5.39 191,888,791 0.00023787 negative increase7.89%
1965 47,089 887.81 5.30 194,302,963 0.00024235 negative increase1.88%
1966 50,894 925.90 5.50 196,560,338 0.00025892 negative increase6.84%
1967 50,724 964.01 5.26 198,712,056 0.00025526 positive decrease-1.41%
1968 52,725 1,015.87 5.19 200,706,052 0.00026270 negative increase2.91%
1969 53,543 1,061.79 5.04 202,676,946 0.00026418 negative increase0.56%
1970 52,627 1,109.72 4.74 205,052,174 0.00025665 positive decrease-2.85%
1971 52,542 1,178.81 4.46 207,660,677 0.00025302 positive decrease-1.42%
1972 54,589 1,259.79 4.33 209,896,021 0.00026008 negative increase2.79%
1973 54,052 1,313.11 4.12 211,908,788 0.00025507 positive decrease-1.92%
1974 45,196 1,280.54 3.53 213,853,928 0.00021134 positive decrease-17.14%
1975 44,525 1,327.66 3.35 215,973,199 0.00020616 positive decrease-2.45%
1976 45,523 1,402.38 3.25 218,035,164 0.00020879 negative increase1.27%
1977 47,878 1,467.03 3.26 220,239,425 0.00021739 negative increase4.12%
1978 50,331 1,544.70 3.26 222,584,545 0.00022612 negative increase4.02%
1979 51,093 1,529.13 3.34 225,055,487 0.00022702 negative increase0.40%
1980 51,091 1,527.30 3.35 227,224,681 0.00022485 positive decrease-0.96%
1981 49,301 1,552.80 3.18 229,465,714 0.00021485 positive decrease-4.45%
1982 43,945 1,595.01 2.76 231,664,458 0.00018969 positive decrease-11.71%
1983 42,589 1,652.79 2.58 233,791,994 0.00018217 positive decrease-3.97%
1984 44,257 1,720.27 2.57 235,824,902 0.00018767 negative increase3.02%
1985 43,825 1,774.18 2.47 237,923,795 0.00018420 positive decrease-1.85%
1986 46,087 1,834.87 2.51 240,132,887 0.00019192 negative increase4.19%
1987 46,390 1,921.20 2.42 242,288,918 0.00019147 positive decrease-0.24%
1988 47,087 2,025.96 2.32 244,498,982 0.00019259 negative increase0.58%
1989 45,582 2,096.46 2.17 246,819,230 0.00018468 positive decrease-4.11%
1990 44,599 2,144.36 2.08 249,464,396 0.00017878 positive decrease-3.19%
1991 41,508 2,172.05 1.91 252,153,092 0.00016461 positive decrease-7.92%
1992 39,250 2,247.15 1.75 255,029,699 0.00015390 positive decrease-6.51%
1993 40,150 2,296.38 1.75 257,782,608 0.00015575 negative increase1.20%
1994 40,716 2,358 1.73 260,327,021 0.000156403 negative increase0.42%
1995 41,817 2,423 1.73 262,803,276 0.000159119 negative increase1.74%
1996 42,065 2,486 1.69 265,228,572 0.000158599 positive decrease0.33%
1997 42,013 2,562 1.64 267,783,607 0.000156892 positive decrease1.08%
1998 41,501 2,632 1.58 270,248,003 0.000153566 positive decrease2.12%
1999 41,717 2,691 1.55 272,690,813 0.000152983 positive decrease0.38%
2000 41,945 2,747 1.53 282,216,952 0.000148627 positive decrease2.85%
2001 42,196 2,797 1.51 285,226,284 0.000147939 positive decrease0.46%
2002 43,005 2,856 1.51 288,125,973 0.000149258 negative increase0.89%
2003 42,643 2,890 1.48 290,796,023 0.000146642 positive decrease1.75%
2004 42,836 2,965 1.44 293,638,158 0.000145880 positive decrease0.52%
2005 43,443 2,989 1.46 296,507,061 0.000146516 negative increase0.44%
2006 42,642 3,014 1.42 299,398,484 0.000142426 positive decrease2.79%
2007 41,059 3,032 1.36 301,139,947 0.000137840 positive decrease3.85%
2008 37,261 2,974 1.25 303,824,640 0.000122640 positive decrease11.0%
2009 33,808 306,700,000 0.000110737 positive decrease9.7%
2010 32,885

2010 Detailed Statistics

The following table summarizes the number of people killed and injured in fatal accidents by month in 2010. The table does not include injuries resulting from accidents in which no fatalities occurred.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/u-s-highway-deaths-decline-2-9-falling-for-fifth-year-1-
  2. ^ "FARS 2010". National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/fars/2010/DBF/FARS2010.zip.