America's crime record
Traffic deaths
39,254
people killed, 2024 (preliminary) · Down 4.3% from 2023
Rate 11.5, about 1 in 8,700 residents
Timeline
Everyone who died within 30 days of a crash on a public road, from every state's crash reports.
Source and method
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System · Calendar year · 1975 to 2024
Breakdown
People killed by road user, 2024
| Driver | 63%24,636 | 24,636 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian | 18%7,080 | 7,080 | |
| Passenger | 15%6,022 | 6,022 | |
| Pedalcyclist | 3%1,103 | 1,103 | |
| Personal conveyance | 1%271 | 271 | |
| Occupant of a vehicle not in transport | <1%67 | 67 | |
| In or on a building | 0%16 | 16 | |
| Occupant of a non-motor transport device | 0%16 | 16 | |
| Unknown occupant type | <1%43 | 43 |
All 39,254 people killed in 2024.
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Every figure as a table
Traffic deaths, people killed, by year
| Year | Count | Rate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39,254 | 12 | Source flag: preliminary |
| 2023 | 41,025 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 42,721 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 43,230 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 39,007 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 36,355 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 36,835 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 37,473 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 37,806 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 35,484 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 32,744 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 32,893 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 33,782 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 32,479 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 32,999 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 33,883 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 37,423 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 41,259 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 42,708 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 43,510 | 15 | |
| 2004 | 42,836 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 42,884 | 15 | |
| 2002 | 43,005 | 15 | |
| 2001 | 42,196 | 15 | |
| 2000 | 41,945 | 15 | |
| 1999 | 41,717 | 15 | |
| 1998 | 41,501 | 15 | |
| 1997 | 42,013 | 16 | |
| 1996 | 42,065 | 16 | |
| 1995 | 41,817 | 16 | |
| 1994 | 40,716 | 16 | |
| 1993 | 40,150 | 16 | |
| 1992 | 39,250 | 15 | |
| 1991 | 41,508 | 16 | |
| 1990 | 44,599 | 18 | |
| 1989 | 45,582 | 18 | |
| 1988 | 47,087 | 19 | |
| 1987 | 46,390 | 19 | |
| 1986 | 46,087 | 19 | |
| 1985 | 43,825 | 18 | |
| 1984 | 44,257 | 19 | |
| 1983 | 42,589 | 18 | |
| 1982 | 43,945 | 19 | |
| 1981 | 49,301 | 21 | |
| 1980 | 51,091 | 23 | |
| 1979 | 51,093 | 23 | |
| 1978 | 50,331 | 23 | |
| 1977 | 47,878 | 22 | |
| 1976 | 45,523 | 21 | |
| 1975 | 44,525 | 21 |
Rate: Per 100,000 U.S. residents on July 1 of the year, from the Census Bureau's estimates (1980: the April census count).
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System · Calendar year
People killed by road user, 2024
| Road user | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | 24,636 | 63% |
| Pedestrian | 7,080 | 18% |
| Passenger | 6,022 | 15% |
| Pedalcyclist | 1,103 | 3% |
| Personal conveyance | 271 | 1% |
| Occupant of a vehicle not in transport | 67 | <1% |
| In or on a building | 16 | 0% |
| Occupant of a non-motor transport device | 16 | 0% |
| Unknown occupant type | 43 | <1% |
All 39,254 people killed in 2024.
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System
People killed by sex, 2024
| Sex | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 28,385 | 72% |
| Female | 10,764 | 27% |
| Not reported | 74 | <1% |
| Unknown | 31 | <1% |
All 39,254 people killed in 2024.
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System
People killed by age, 2024
| Age | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 | 307 | 1% |
| 5-9 | 304 | 1% |
| 10-15 | 624 | 2% |
| 16-20 | 3,276 | 8% |
| 21-24 | 3,146 | 8% |
| 25-34 | 6,921 | 18% |
| 35-44 | 6,252 | 16% |
| 45-54 | 4,963 | 13% |
| 55-64 | 5,246 | 13% |
| 65-74 | 4,128 | 11% |
| 75 and older | 3,891 | 10% |
| Unknown | 196 | 1% |
All 39,254 people killed in 2024.
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System
People killed by race and Hispanic origin, 2023
| Race and Hispanic origin | Count | Of which placed by CrimeDB | Share | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White+MENA | 21,524 | 910 | 53% | 11 |
| Hispanic | 9,200 | 331 | 22% | 14 |
| Black | 6,285 | 146 | 15% | 15 |
| AIAN | 638 | 28 | 2% | 27 |
| Asian | 535 | 5 | 1% | – |
| Asian+NHPI | 291 | 12 | 1% | – |
| NHPI | 34 | 2 | <1% | – |
| Race unknown | 2,518 | 0 | 6% | – |
Hispanic is of any race; the other groups are not Hispanic. White+MENA includes Middle Eastern and North African people.
All 41,025 people killed in 2023. NHTSA's 2024 first release is left out until its final file, since race is unknown for 15% of deaths in it, most of them in California and Wisconsin. Texas coded far more of its deaths Hispanic in 2019 to 2023 (2,906 in 2023) than before or after (1,323 in 2018, 1,679 in 2024), so Hispanic reads high in those years. Asian and NHPI have no rate: FARS puts some of them in a joined Asian or Pacific Islander code. Detailed codes that roll up to five races, some Asian and Pacific Islander codes joined. Each race is the only race listed; a person with more than one race listed, other race, redacted, and unknown are race unknown. Race and Hispanic origin come from death certificates matched to the crash, two fields FARS records for each person. Anyone recorded Hispanic is Hispanic, whatever the race; a race with Hispanic origin unknown or redacted is split by FARS's own recorded Hispanic share of that race nationwide that year (crimedb-race-split), the lighter part. Rate: people killed per 100,000 people in the group; – means no rate for that group.
6% have no recorded race and hispanic origin, so each group's rate is a floor.
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System
People killed by race and Hispanic origin, every year
| Year | All people killed | White+MENA | Black | Hispanic | Asian | AIAN | NHPI | Asian+NHPI | Race unknown | Of which placed by CrimeDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 41,025 | 21,524 | 6,285 | 9,200 | 535 | 638 | 34 | 291 | 2,518 | 910 White+MENA, 146 Black, 331 Hispanic, 5 Asian, 28 AIAN, 2 NHPI, 12 Asian+NHPI |
| 2022 | 42,721 | 23,106 | 6,748 | 8,536 | 535 | 736 | 39 | 283 | 2,738 | 891 White+MENA, 133 Black, 283 Hispanic, 1 Asian, 21 AIAN, 16 Asian+NHPI |
| 2021 | 43,230 | 23,825 | 7,607 | 7,697 | 502 | 687 | 38 | 321 | 2,553 | 2,164 White+MENA, 268 Black, 609 Hispanic, 1 Asian, 13 AIAN, 3 NHPI, 21 Asian+NHPI |
| 2020 | 39,007 | 21,349 | 6,850 | 7,314 | 404 | 556 | 15 | 218 | 2,301 | 1,652 White+MENA, 379 Black, 497 Hispanic, 1 Asian, 12 AIAN, 17 Asian+NHPI |
| 2019 | 36,355 | 20,806 | 5,349 | 6,773 | 463 | 541 | 18 | 253 | 2,152 | 786 White+MENA, 41 Black, 221 Hispanic, 3 Asian, 2 AIAN, 1 Asian+NHPI |
| 2018 | 36,835 | 22,374 | 5,644 | 5,748 | 561 | 604 | 78 | 229 | 1,597 | 417 White+MENA, 33 Black, 94 Hispanic, 5 AIAN, 6 Asian+NHPI |
| 2017 | 37,473 | 23,392 | 5,577 | 5,620 | 533 | 717 | 49 | 217 | 1,368 | 479 White+MENA, 23 Black, 101 Hispanic, 3 AIAN, 2 Asian+NHPI |
| 2016 | 37,806 | 23,260 | 5,294 | 5,378 | 563 | 704 | 53 | 218 | 2,336 | 604 White+MENA, 38 Black, 123 Hispanic, 3 AIAN |
| 2015 | 35,484 | 21,776 | 4,800 | 5,216 | 558 | 676 | 51 | 206 | 2,201 | 1,106 White+MENA, 144 Black, 236 Hispanic, 2 Asian, 1 AIAN, 7 Asian+NHPI |
| 2014 | 32,744 | 19,829 | 4,044 | 4,751 | 492 | 671 | 42 | 216 | 2,699 | 1,034 White+MENA, 109 Black, 222 Hispanic, 11 AIAN, 2 Asian+NHPI |
| 2013 | 32,893 | 20,233 | 3,798 | 4,476 | 406 | 575 | 43 | 229 | 3,133 | 1,534 White+MENA, 13 Black, 299 Hispanic, 1 Asian, 26 AIAN |
| 2012 | 33,782 | 20,891 | 3,849 | 4,357 | 375 | 603 | 48 | 184 | 3,475 | 2,031 White+MENA, 15 Black, 385 Hispanic, 7 AIAN, 1 NHPI |
| 2011 | 32,479 | 19,834 | 3,555 | 4,052 | 374 | 613 | 38 | 168 | 3,845 | 1,835 White+MENA, 4 Black, 339 Hispanic, 2 AIAN, 4 Asian+NHPI |
| 2010 | 32,999 | 20,452 | 3,725 | 4,088 | 392 | 448 | 42 | 166 | 3,686 | 1,840 White+MENA, 21 Black, 334 Hispanic, 1 Asian, 7 AIAN, 1 NHPI, 1 Asian+NHPI |
| 2009 | 33,883 | 21,202 | 3,936 | 4,203 | 369 | 539 | 40 | 184 | 3,410 | 1,620 White+MENA, 10 Black, 295 Hispanic, 3 Asian, 4 AIAN, 3 Asian+NHPI |
| 2008 | 37,423 | 22,682 | 3,930 | 3,774 | 368 | 578 | 53 | 236 | 5,802 | 905 White+MENA, 42 Black, 136 Hispanic, 4 Asian, 3 AIAN, 2 NHPI, 18 Asian+NHPI |
| 2007 | 41,259 | 25,745 | 4,501 | 4,627 | 483 | 661 | 58 | 269 | 4,915 | 591 White+MENA, 3 Black, 97 Hispanic, 5 AIAN, 1 NHPI, 2 Asian+NHPI |
| 2006 | 42,708 | 25,474 | 4,585 | 5,535 | 508 | 721 | 57 | 222 | 5,606 | 658 White+MENA, 74 Black, 131 Hispanic, 4 Asian, 11 AIAN, 1 Asian+NHPI |
| 2005 | 43,510 | 26,616 | 4,534 | 5,599 | 551 | 636 | 65 | 201 | 5,308 | 434 White+MENA, 58 Black, 86 Hispanic, 8 Asian, 12 AIAN, 2 NHPI, 2 Asian+NHPI |
| 2004 | 42,836 | 26,453 | 4,561 | 5,215 | 513 | 646 | 48 | 215 | 5,185 | 247 White+MENA, 37 Black, 46 Hispanic, 4 Asian, 9 AIAN, 1 NHPI, 2 Asian+NHPI |
| 2003 | 42,884 | 27,868 | 4,735 | 5,192 | 539 | 662 | 42 | 263 | 3,583 | 264 White+MENA, 31 Black, 46 Hispanic, 1 Asian, 2 AIAN, 3 Asian+NHPI |
| 2002 | 43,005 | 27,499 | 4,653 | 5,016 | 542 | 671 | 27 | 229 | 4,368 | 517 White+MENA, 62 Black, 89 Hispanic, 3 Asian, 20 AIAN, 2 NHPI, 1 Asian+NHPI |
| 2001 | 42,196 | 26,020 | 4,550 | 4,829 | 473 | 616 | 50 | 307 | 5,351 | 1,272 White+MENA, 147 Black, 227 Hispanic, 3 Asian, 16 AIAN, 2 NHPI, 25 Asian+NHPI |
| 2000 | 41,945 | 24,389 | 4,199 | 3,670 | 517 | 615 | 52 | 168 | 8,335 | 1,493 White+MENA, 137 Black, 211 Hispanic, 8 Asian, 25 AIAN, 1 NHPI, 6 Asian+NHPI |
| 1999 | 41,717 | 25,223 | 4,467 | 4,257 | 507 | 645 | 40 | 196 | 6,382 | 1,824 White+MENA, 502 Black, 293 Hispanic, 7 Asian, 6 AIAN, 3 NHPI, 6 Asian+NHPI |
Every year, 1999 to 2023. – means the source's codes that year hold no such group.
Of which placed by CrimeDB: the part of each group CrimeDB placed (race recorded without ethnicity: split by the source's own recorded Hispanic share of each race); the rest of each group is as the source recorded it.
1999 to 2018: Detailed codes that roll up to five races, some Asian and Pacific Islander codes joined. A person with more than one race listed is counted in the first race listed, and anyone with Hawaiian listed is NHPI; other race, redacted, and unknown are race unknown. Race and Hispanic origin come from death certificates matched to the crash, two fields FARS records for each person. Anyone recorded Hispanic is Hispanic, whatever the race; a race with Hispanic origin unknown or redacted is split by FARS's own recorded Hispanic share of that race nationwide that year (crimedb-race-split), the lighter part.
2019 on: Detailed codes that roll up to five races, some Asian and Pacific Islander codes joined. Each race is the only race listed; a person with more than one race listed, other race, redacted, and unknown are race unknown. Race and Hispanic origin come from death certificates matched to the crash, two fields FARS records for each person. Anyone recorded Hispanic is Hispanic, whatever the race; a race with Hispanic origin unknown or redacted is split by FARS's own recorded Hispanic share of that race nationwide that year (crimedb-race-split), the lighter part.
1999 to 2023: everyone the source recorded Hispanic counts as Hispanic, whatever the race; people with a race and no Hispanic origin recorded are placed by CrimeDB, the lighter line and their own column.
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System