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Charts of fatal crashes recorded in NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Use the filters to focus on a period, road user, time or vehicle; the address bar keeps your selection so you can share it.
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- 2024
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2,538 |
| Feb | 2,498 |
| Mar | 2,893 |
| Apr | 2,938 |
| May | 3,178 |
| Jun | 3,199 |
| Jul | 3,092 |
| Aug | 3,342 |
| Sep | 3,277 |
| Oct | 3,369 |
| Nov | 3,077 |
| Dec | 2,896 |
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Sun | 5,597 |
| Mon | 4,766 |
| Tue | 4,543 |
| Wed | 4,753 |
| Thu | 4,832 |
| Fri | 5,588 |
| Sat | 6,218 |
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| 12am | 1,535 |
| 1am | 1,299 |
| 2am | 1,393 |
| 3am | 974 |
| 4am | 950 |
| 5am | 1,213 |
| 6am | 1,252 |
| 7am | 1,112 |
| 8am | 990 |
| 9am | 962 |
| 10am | 1,101 |
| 11am | 1,207 |
| 12pm | 1,391 |
| 1pm | 1,496 |
| 2pm | 1,589 |
| 3pm | 1,768 |
| 4pm | 1,730 |
| 5pm | 2,005 |
| 6pm | 2,091 |
| 7pm | 2,049 |
| 8pm | 2,195 |
| 9pm | 2,141 |
| 10pm | 1,906 |
| 11pm | 1,695 |
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Morning (6am–noon) | 6,624 |
| Afternoon (noon–6pm) | 9,979 |
| Evening (6pm–10pm) | 8,476 |
| Night (10pm–6am) | 10,965 |
Crashes with an unknown time are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 27,161 |
| Cloudy | 4,469 |
| Rain | 2,455 |
| Fog, Smog, Smoke | 353 |
| Snow | 294 |
| Severe Crosswinds | 66 |
| Sleet or Hail | 28 |
| Freezing Rain or Drizzle | 22 |
| Blowing Snow | 21 |
| Other | 18 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 16,386 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 9,623 |
| Dark - Lighted | 7,990 |
| Dusk | 941 |
| Dawn | 649 |
| Dark - Unknown Lighting | 453 |
| Other | 15 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,774 | 4,160 |
| California | 3,583 | 3,876 |
| Florida | 2,931 | 3,138 |
| North Carolina | 1,509 | 1,619 |
| Georgia | 1,312 | 1,403 |
| Arizona | 1,118 | 1,229 |
| Tennessee | 1,093 | 1,197 |
| Illinois | 1,085 | 1,177 |
| Ohio | 1,077 | 1,157 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,060 | 1,127 |
| New York | 1,036 | 1,101 |
| Michigan | 1,011 | 1,098 |
| South Carolina | 948 | 1,038 |
| Alabama | 895 | 962 |
| Missouri | 882 | 955 |
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| Category | Deaths per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 25.5 |
| Arkansas | 19.5 |
| New Mexico | 19.2 |
| South Carolina | 18.9 |
| Alabama | 18.6 |
| Wyoming | 18.2 |
| Montana | 18.1 |
| Tennessee | 16.5 |
| Louisiana | 16.3 |
| Arizona | 16.3 |
| South Dakota | 15.8 |
| Oklahoma | 15.7 |
| Kentucky | 15.4 |
| Missouri | 15.3 |
| North Carolina | 14.7 |
Deaths in the selected crashes divided by Census population estimates for the same years.
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| Category | Vehicles | Deaths inside |
|---|---|---|
| Ford | 6,788 | 3,313 |
| Chevrolet | 6,654 | 3,634 |
| Toyota | 5,166 | 2,786 |
| Honda | 4,315 | 2,910 |
| Nissan | 2,948 | 1,736 |
| Dodge | 2,200 | 1,090 |
| Harley-Davidson | 2,168 | 2,127 |
| GMC | 1,802 | 796 |
| Jeep | 1,767 | 804 |
| Hyundai | 1,522 | 873 |
| Kia | 1,447 | 850 |
| Freightliner | 1,364 | 216 |
Counts vehicles, not crashes: a crash with two Fords counts twice. Not a safety rating: popular makes appear more often.
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| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 86 |
| 1992 | 112 |
| 1993 | 140 |
| 1994 | 167 |
| 1995 | 249 |
| 1996 | 290 |
| 1997 | 403 |
| 1998 | 459 |
| 1999 | 665 |
| 2000 | 929 |
| 2001 | 968 |
| 2002 | 1,183 |
| 2003 | 1,445 |
| 2004 | 1,563 |
| 2005 | 1,781 |
| 2006 | 1,972 |
| 2007 | 2,105 |
| 2008 | 1,963 |
| 2009 | 1,408 |
| 2010 | 1,486 |
| 2011 | 1,743 |
| 2012 | 2,036 |
| 2013 | 2,289 |
| 2014 | 2,435 |
| 2015 | 2,742 |
| 2016 | 2,729 |
| 2017 | 2,782 |
| 2018 | 2,699 |
| 2019 | 2,723 |
| 2020 | 2,544 |
| 2021 | 2,358 |
| 2022 | 2,409 |
| 2023 | 2,678 |
| 2024 | 2,106 |
| 2025 | 183 |