This technical report provides an overview of motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021. There were 42,939 people killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways during 2021, a 10-percent increase from 39,007 fatalities in 2020, or 3,932 more people killed in traffic crashes in 2021.

Dec 18, 2023 · The number of road accidents per one million inhabitants in the U.S. is forecast to dip down in the next years, reaching just over 7,100 in 2025. A slower decrease is further tipped for the...

May 17, 2022 · The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for 2021. NHTSA projects that an estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes last year, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020.

For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [6] In 2022, there were 42,795 total motor vehicle fatalities. [7]

One person was killed every 12 minutes and an estimated 5 people injured every minute in traffic crashes in 2021. The fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) increased from 1.34 in 2020 to 1.37 in 2021, and the injury rate per 100 million VMT increased from 79 in …

Fatality, injury, and crash rates: Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

In 2021 there were an estimated 6,102,936 police-reported traffic crashes in which 42,939 people were killed and an estimated 2,497,657 people were in...

Sep 2, 2022 · Traffic fatalities increased more than 10% in 2021, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The increase came along with a rise in out-of-state travel and greater miles traveled in 2021, rebounding after stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Jul 10, 2023 · NHTSA released new data on speeding, showing that speeding-related fatalities increased 8% from 2020 to 2021, with 12,330 people killed in 2021 speeding-related crashes. This represents 29% of all traffic fatalities in 2021.

Apr 13, 2023 · There were 42,939 people killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways during 2021, a 10-percent increase from 39,007 fatalities in 2020, or 3,932 more people killed in traffic crashes in 2021.