1.19
2024 (latest)
TRAFFIC DEATHS PER 100M MILES
motor-vehicle traffic deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled · 1921–2024 · lower is better · NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) / FHWA vehicle miles
24.08
1921
24.08
high · 1921
1.08
low · 2014
−95%
since 1921
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Deaths within 30 days of a crash per 100 million vehicle miles. FARS since 1975; earlier years are NHTSA-adjusted historical summaries. The latest year is NHTSA's Annual Report File and can be revised.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://cdan.dot.gov/tsftables/tsfar.htm
- https://cdan.dot.gov/tsftables/Fatalities%20and%20Fatality%20Rates.xlsx
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Traffic Deaths per 100M Miles | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.19 | −6% |
| 2023 | 1.26 | −6% |
| 2022 | 1.34 | −3% |
| 2021 | 1.38 | +3% |
| 2020 | 1.34 | +21% |
| 2019 | 1.11 | −3% |
| 2018 | 1.14 | −3% |
| 2017 | 1.17 | −2% |
| 2016 | 1.19 | +3% |
| 2015 | 1.15 | +6% |
| 2014 | 1.08 | −2% |
| 2013 | 1.10 | −4% |
| 2012 | 1.14 | +4% |
| 2011 | 1.10 | −1% |
| 2010 | 1.11 | −3% |
| 2009 | 1.15 | −9% |
| 2008 | 1.26 | −7% |
| 2007 | 1.36 | −4% |
| 2006 | 1.42 | −3% |
| 2005 | 1.46 | +1% |
| 2004 | 1.44 | −3% |
| 2003 | 1.48 | −2% |
| 2002 | 1.51 | +0% |
| 2001 | 1.51 | −1% |
| 2000 | 1.53 | −1% |
| 1999 | 1.55 | −2% |
| 1998 | 1.58 | −4% |
| 1997 | 1.65 | −2% |
| 1996 | 1.69 | −2% |
| 1995 | 1.73 | +0% |
| 1994 | 1.73 | −1% |
| 1993 | 1.75 | +0% |
| 1992 | 1.75 | −8% |
| 1991 | 1.91 | −8% |
| 1990 | 2.08 | −4% |
| 1989 | 2.17 | −6% |
| 1988 | 2.32 | −4% |
| 1987 | 2.41 | −4% |
| 1986 | 2.51 | +2% |
| 1985 | 2.47 | −4% |
| 1984 | 2.57 | −0% |
| 1983 | 2.58 | −7% |
| 1982 | 2.76 | −13% |
| 1981 | 3.17 | −5% |
| 1980 | 3.35 | +0% |
| 1979 | 3.34 | +2% |
| 1978 | 3.26 | +0% |
| 1977 | 3.26 | +0% |
| 1976 | 3.25 | −3% |
| 1975 | 3.35 | −5% |
| 1974 | 3.53 | −14% |
| 1973 | 4.12 | −5% |
| 1972 | 4.33 | −3% |
| 1971 | 4.46 | −6% |
| 1970 | 4.74 | −6% |
| 1969 | 5.04 | −3% |
| 1968 | 5.19 | −1% |
| 1967 | 5.26 | −4% |
| 1966 | 5.50 | +4% |
| 1965 | 5.30 | −2% |
| 1964 | 5.39 | +4% |
| 1963 | 5.18 | +2% |
| 1962 | 5.08 | +3% |
| 1961 | 4.92 | −3% |
| 1960 | 5.06 | −2% |
| 1959 | 5.17 | −3% |
| 1958 | 5.32 | −7% |
| 1957 | 5.71 | −6% |
| 1956 | 6.05 | −0% |
| 1955 | 6.06 | +0% |
| 1954 | 6.03 | −9% |
| 1953 | 6.65 | −5% |
| 1952 | 7.03 | −2% |
| 1951 | 7.19 | −1% |
| 1950 | 7.24 | +2% |
| 1949 | 7.13 | −8% |
| 1948 | 7.73 | −8% |
| 1947 | 8.41 | −10% |
| 1946 | 9.35 | −13% |
| 1945 | 10.71 | −2% |
| 1944 | 10.89 | −0% |
| 1943 | 10.92 | +8% |
| 1942 | 10.07 | −12% |
| 1941 | 11.43 | +5% |
| 1940 | 10.89 | +1% |
| 1939 | 10.83 | −5% |
| 1938 | 11.46 | −18% |
| 1937 | 14.00 | −2% |
| 1936 | 14.33 | −5% |
| 1935 | 15.09 | −5% |
| 1934 | 15.88 | +7% |
| 1933 | 14.83 | +6% |
| 1932 | 13.95 | −6% |
| 1931 | 14.79 | −2% |
| 1930 | 15.12 | +1% |
| 1929 | 14.97 | −3% |
| 1928 | 15.36 | −1% |
| 1927 | 15.44 | −2% |
| 1926 | 15.77 | −7% |
| 1925 | 16.98 | −3% |
| 1924 | 17.55 | −17% |
| 1923 | 21.02 | −4% |
| 1922 | 21.95 | −9% |
| 1921 | 24.08 | — |
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