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  • The occupant fatality rate (including motorcyclists) per 100,000 population has declined by 38 percent from 1975 to 2021.
    [Trends 2021]
  • Nine p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays proved to be the deadliest 3-hour periods throughout 2021, with 1,228 and 1,221 fatal traffic crashes, respectively.
    [Crashes 2021]
  • In 2021 there were 34 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that had primary seat belt laws in effect and 15 States had secondary seat belt laws. Only one State (New Hampshire) has no seat belt law for adults.
    [States 2021]
 

National Statistics
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes                                                                                                                                                                        
Fatal Crashes 39,508 35,935 33,487 33,919 34,560 34,748 32,538 30,056 30,202 31,006 29,867 30,296 30,862 34,172 37,435 38,648 39,252 38,444 38,477 38,491 37,862 37,526 37,140 37,107 37,324 37,494 37,241 36,254
Traffic Crash Fatalities                                                                                                                                                                        
Vehicle Occupants                                                                                                                                                                        
Drivers 21,786 19,661 17,984 18,321 18,819 18,717 17,615 16,470 16,520 16,838 16,474 16,864 17,670 19,279 21,717 22,831 23,237 23,158 23,352 23,625 22,914 22,914 22,971 22,654 22,730 22,572 22,370 21,596
Passengers 6,527 6,014 5,846 5,962 6,237 6,485 6,213 5,766 5,896 6,106 5,972 6,451 6,793 7,441 8,716 9,187 9,750 10,042 10,171 10,370 10,227 10,451 10,325 10,327 10,765 10,860 10,576 10,294
Unknown 45 56 61 49 74 74 71 71 67 73 64 56 63 71 94 101 83 76 104 110 102 86 96 107 114 102 118 108
Sub Total1 28,358 25,731 23,891 24,332 25,130 25,276 23,899 22,307 22,483 23,017 22,510 23,371 24,526 26,791 30,527 32,119 33,070 33,276 33,627 34,105 33,243 33,451 33,392 33,088 33,609 33,534 33,064 31,998
  Motorcyclists 5,932 5,506 5,044 5,038 5,226 5,337 5,029 4,594 4,692 4,986 4,630 4,518 4,469 5,312 5,174 4,837 4,576 4,028 3,714 3,270 3,197 2,897 2,483 2,294 2,116 2,161 2,227 2,320
  Nonmotorists                                                                                                                                                                        
Pedestrians 7,388 6,565 6,272 6,374 6,075 6,080 5,494 4,910 4,779 4,818 4,457 4,302 4,109 4,414 4,699 4,795 4,892 4,675 4,774 4,851 4,901 4,763 4,939 5,228 5,321 5,449 5,584 5,489
Pedalcyclists 966 948 859 871 806 853 829 729 749 734 682 623 628 718 701 772 786 727 629 665 732 693 754 760 814 765 833 802
Other/ Unknown 295 257 289 220 236 260 233 204 190 227 200 185 151 188 158 185 186 130 140 114 123 141 149 131 153 154 109 107
Sub Total2 8,649 7,770 7,420 7,465 7,117 7,193 6,556 5,843 5,718 5,779 5,339 5,110 4,888 5,320 5,558 5,752 5,864 5,532 5,543 5,630 5,756 5,597 5,842 6,119 6,288 6,368 6,526 6,398
Total* 42,939 39,007 36,355 36,835 37,473 37,806 35,484 32,744 32,893 33,782 32,479 32,999 33,883 37,423 41,259 42,708 43,510 42,836 42,884 43,005 42,196 41,945 41,717 41,501 42,013 42,065 41,817 40,716
Other National Statistics                                                                                                                                                                        
Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions) 3,132 2,904 3,262 3,240 3,210 3,174 3,090 3,020 2,983 2,963 2,945 2,967 2,957 2,977 3,031 3,014 2,989 2,965 2,890 2,856 2,796 2,747 2,690 2,628 2,552 2,484 2,423 2,358
Resident Population (Thousands) 331,894 331,501 328,330 326,838 325,122 323,072 320,739 318,386 316,060 313,878 311,583 309,327 306,772 304,094 301,231 298,380 295,517 292,805 290,108 287,625 284,969 282,162 272,691 270,248 267,784 265,229 262,803 260,327
Registered Vehicles (Thousands) 302,722 297,101 299,267 297,036 290,336 288,034 281,312 274,805 269,294 265,647 265,043 257,312 258,958 259,360 257,472 251,415 245,628 237,949 230,633 225,685 221,230 217,028 212,685 208,076 203,568 201,631 197,065 192,497
Licensed Drivers (Thousands) 232,782 228,196 228,916 227,558 225,346 221,712 218,084 214,092 212,160 211,815 211,875 210,115 209,618 208,321 205,742 202,810 200,549 198,889 196,166 194,602 191,276 190,625 187,170 184,861 182,709 179,539 176,628 175,403
National Rates: Fatalities                                                                                                                                                                        
Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled 1.37 1.34 1.11 1.14 1.17 1.19 1.15 1.08 1.10 1.14 1.10 1.11 1.15 1.26 1.36 1.42 1.46 1.44 1.48 1.51 1.51 1.53 1.55 1.58 1.65 1.69 1.73 1.73
Fatalities per 100,000 Population 12.94 11.77 11.07 11.27 11.53 11.70 11.06 10.28 10.41 10.76 10.42 10.67 11.05 12.31 13.70 14.31 14.72 14.63 14.78 14.95 14.81 14.87 15.30 15.36 15.69 15.86 15.91 15.64
Fatalities per 100,000 Registered Vehicles 14.18 13.13 12.15 12.40 12.91 13.13 12.61 11.92 12.21 12.72 12.25 12.82 13.08 14.43 16.02 16.99 17.71 18.00 18.59 19.06 19.07 19.33 19.61 19.95 20.64 20.86 21.22 21.15
Fatalities per 100,000 Licensed Drivers 18.45 17.09 15.88 16.19 16.63 17.05 16.27 15.29 15.50 15.95 15.33 15.71 16.16 17.96 20.05 21.06 21.70 21.54 21.86 22.10 22.06 22.00 22.29 22.45 22.99 23.43 23.68 23.21
* Total fatalities for 1996 include 2 fatalities of unknown person type.