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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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2020–2024
Alcohol-involved

Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	3,336
Feb	3,237
Mar	3,646
Apr	3,816
May	4,463
Jun	4,644
Jul	4,782
Aug	4,759
Sep	4,469
Oct	4,423
Nov	3,769
Dec	3,673

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	10,649
Mon	5,065
Tue	4,332
Wed	4,785
Thu	5,333
Fri	7,393
Sat	11,460

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Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	3,518
1am	3,490
2am	3,755
3am	2,348
4am	1,585
5am	1,169
6am	964
7am	743
8am	522
9am	421
10am	507
11am	569
12pm	748
1pm	938
2pm	1,228
3pm	1,568
4pm	1,866
5pm	2,296
6pm	2,877
7pm	3,133
8pm	3,338
9pm	3,643
10pm	3,550
11pm	3,661

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Fatal crashes by time of day

Category	Fatal crashes
Morning (6am–noon)	3,726
Afternoon (noon–6pm)	8,644
Evening (6pm–10pm)	12,991
Night (10pm–6am)	23,076

Crashes with an unknown time are left out.

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Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	36,539
Cloudy	6,041
Rain	2,940
Fog, Smog, Smoke	514
Snow	290
Severe Crosswinds	57
Other	41
Sleet or Hail	34
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	23
Blowing Snow	23

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Dark - Not Lighted	18,740
Daylight	13,854
Dark - Lighted	13,339
Dusk	1,425
Dark - Unknown Lighting	685
Dawn	576
Other	19

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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States with the most fatal crashes

Category	Fatal crashes	Deaths
California	5,357	6,046
Texas	4,865	5,528
Florida	3,113	3,490
Ohio	1,830	1,981
North Carolina	1,754	1,937
South Carolina	1,649	1,858
Georgia	1,489	1,636
Tennessee	1,454	1,625
Michigan	1,437	1,562
Illinois	1,373	1,566
Pennsylvania	1,356	1,475
Missouri	1,301	1,426
Virginia	1,276	1,362
Louisiana	1,195	1,317
Colorado	1,126	1,251

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Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, highest states

Category	Deaths per 100,000
Montana	8.5
South Carolina	7.0
Wyoming	6.7
Louisiana	5.7
Arkansas	5.6
South Dakota	5.5
New Mexico	5.2
Alabama	4.9
Oklahoma	4.7
North Dakota	4.6
Missouri	4.6
Tennessee	4.6
Mississippi	4.6
Maine	4.6
Kentucky	4.5

Deaths in the selected crashes divided by Census population estimates for the same years.

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Makes most often involved

Category	Vehicles	Deaths inside
Chevrolet	9,684	6,845
Ford	8,925	5,721
Toyota	6,288	4,309
Honda	5,758	4,617
Harley-Davidson	4,203	4,163
Nissan	4,169	3,114
Dodge	3,409	2,241
Jeep	2,447	1,533
GMC	2,366	1,460
Hyundai	1,847	1,329
Kia	1,629	1,163
Ram	1,156	465

Counts vehicles, not crashes: a crash with two Fords counts twice. Not a safety rating: popular makes appear more often.

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Vehicles in fatal crashes by model year

Category	Vehicles
1991	139
1992	191
1993	266
1994	356
1995	443
1996	524
1997	822
1998	888
1999	1,274
2000	1,585
2001	1,891
2002	2,248
2003	2,688
2004	2,965
2005	3,136
2006	3,284
2007	3,563
2008	3,147
2009	2,164
2010	2,127
2011	2,484
2012	2,770
2013	3,145
2014	3,344
2015	3,476
2016	3,637
2017	3,470
2018	3,336
2019	3,382
2020	3,027
2021	2,334
2022	1,642
2023	1,033
2024	482
2025	34

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