US Road Deaths
Traffic fatality data for every US state and county
Built on NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System: every fatal crash on US public roads, with totals back to 1975.
2024, the latest year
- Deaths
- 39,254
- Per day
- 108
- Change from 2023
- -4.3%
- Per 100,000 people
- 11.5
| Category | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 44,525 | 39,161 |
| 1976 | 45,523 | 39,747 |
| 1977 | 47,878 | 42,211 |
| 1978 | 50,331 | 44,433 |
| 1979 | 51,093 | 45,223 |
| 1980 | 51,091 | 45,284 |
| 1981 | 49,301 | 44,000 |
| 1982 | 43,945 | 39,092 |
| 1983 | 42,589 | 37,976 |
| 1984 | 44,257 | 39,631 |
| 1985 | 43,825 | 39,196 |
| 1986 | 46,087 | 41,090 |
| 1987 | 46,390 | 41,438 |
| 1988 | 47,087 | 42,130 |
| 1989 | 45,582 | 40,741 |
| 1990 | 44,599 | 39,836 |
| 1991 | 41,508 | 36,937 |
| 1992 | 39,250 | 34,942 |
| 1993 | 40,150 | 35,780 |
| 1994 | 40,716 | 36,254 |
| 1995 | 41,817 | 37,241 |
| 1996 | 42,065 | 37,494 |
| 1997 | 42,013 | 37,324 |
| 1998 | 41,501 | 37,107 |
| 1999 | 41,717 | 37,140 |
| 2000 | 41,945 | 37,526 |
| 2001 | 42,196 | 37,862 |
| 2002 | 43,005 | 38,491 |
| 2003 | 42,884 | 38,477 |
| 2004 | 42,836 | 38,444 |
| 2005 | 43,510 | 39,252 |
| 2006 | 42,708 | 38,648 |
| 2007 | 41,259 | 37,435 |
| 2008 | 37,423 | 34,172 |
| 2009 | 33,883 | 30,862 |
| 2010 | 32,999 | 30,296 |
| 2011 | 32,479 | 29,867 |
| 2012 | 33,782 | 31,006 |
| 2013 | 32,893 | 30,202 |
| 2014 | 32,744 | 30,056 |
| 2015 | 35,484 | 32,538 |
| 2016 | 37,806 | 34,748 |
| 2017 | 37,473 | 34,560 |
| 2018 | 36,835 | 33,919 |
| 2019 | 36,355 | 33,487 |
| 2020 | 39,007 | 35,935 |
| 2021 | 43,230 | 39,785 |
| 2022 | 42,721 | 39,422 |
| 2023 | 41,025 | 37,769 |
| 2024 | 39,254 | 36,297 |
A fatal crash can kill more than one person, so there are more deaths than fatal crashes.
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Who died and why
Deaths by type in 2024
By state
Traffic deaths in your state
In 2024, Texas had the most traffic deaths (4,160), followed by California (3,876) and Florida (3,138). Adjusted for population, Mississippi had the highest death rate, 25.5 per 100,000 people, and Rhode Island the lowest, 4.7. The national rate was 11.5.
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What the data shows
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Most people killed in distracted driving crashes were not the distracted driver: 2012–2024 data
Of 16,481 people killed in distraction-affected crashes in 2020–2024, 60% were not the distracted driver. A phone was recorded in 12.6% of these deaths.
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US traffic deaths per mile driven fell by two-thirds, then rose: 1975–2024 data
US traffic deaths per 100 million miles driven fell from 3.35 in 1975 to 1.08 in 2014, rose to 1.38 in 2021 and were 1.19 in 2024. How states compare.
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Which days of the year have the most traffic deaths? 2020–2024 data
July 4 averages 152 traffic deaths, a third more than a typical day, and September and October have the most deaths per day. US data for 2020–2024.
About the data
Where the numbers come from
- Every figure comes from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal crashes on US public roads, not a sample.
- A death is counted if the person died within 30 days of the crash.
- NHTSA releases each year's data more than a year after the year ends, then a final version a year after that. This site loads both as soon as they appear.