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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
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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	1,008
Feb	1,009
Mar	1,173
Apr	1,145
May	1,373
Jun	1,330
Jul	1,382
Aug	1,403
Sep	1,441
Oct	1,416
Nov	1,199
Dec	1,258

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	2,213
Mon	2,009
Tue	1,955
Wed	2,074
Thu	2,065
Fri	2,379
Sat	2,442

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Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	536
1am	453
2am	496
3am	387
4am	295
5am	407
6am	519
7am	525
8am	489
9am	516
10am	552
11am	587
12pm	727
1pm	725
2pm	780
3pm	863
4pm	852
5pm	891
6pm	890
7pm	779
8pm	770
9pm	749
10pm	696
11pm	606

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Fatal crashes by time of day

Category	Fatal crashes
Morning (6am–noon)	3,188
Afternoon (noon–6pm)	4,838
Evening (6pm–10pm)	3,188
Night (10pm–6am)	3,876

Crashes with an unknown time are left out.

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Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	11,222
Cloudy	1,960
Rain	859
Fog, Smog, Smoke	124
Snow	54
Severe Crosswinds	38
Other	14
Blowing Snow	12
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	11
Blowing Sand, Soil, Dirt	9

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	8,017
Dark - Not Lighted	3,388
Dark - Lighted	2,841
Dusk	381
Dawn	281
Dark - Unknown Lighting	171
Other	8

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States with the most fatal crashes

Category	Fatal crashes	Deaths
Texas	1,879	2,095
Florida	1,299	1,406
Louisiana	902	991
New Jersey	771	813
New Mexico	768	848
California	714	781
Illinois	625	685
Kentucky	604	662
New York	542	570
Washington	534	579
Kansas	435	491
Missouri	411	450
Virginia	400	425
Tennessee	334	358
North Carolina	327	343

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Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, highest states

Category	Deaths per 100,000
New Mexico	8.0
Louisiana	4.3
Kansas	3.3
Kentucky	2.9
Wyoming	2.0
Hawaii	1.8
Idaho	1.8
New Jersey	1.7
Montana	1.5
Washington	1.5
Missouri	1.5
Texas	1.4
Oklahoma	1.4
Florida	1.3
Colorado	1.1

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
Ford	3,501	1,599
Chevrolet	3,327	1,712
Toyota	2,268	1,237
Honda	1,752	1,132
Nissan	1,470	879
Dodge	1,113	523
GMC	911	379
Harley-Davidson	907	871
Freightliner	870	139
Jeep	857	373
Hyundai	726	415
Kia	647	370

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	47
1992	76
1993	75
1994	130
1995	155
1996	146
1997	239
1998	292
1999	397
2000	509
2001	530
2002	643
2003	786
2004	910
2005	1,004
2006	968
2007	1,100
2008	1,016
2009	747
2010	680
2011	905
2012	1,042
2013	1,149
2014	1,164
2015	1,354
2016	1,436
2017	1,365
2018	1,380
2019	1,389
2020	1,327
2021	957
2022	714
2023	470
2024	228
2025	21

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