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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
  • Cyclist killed
Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 321
Feb 300
Mar 364
Apr 354
May 440
Jun 473
Jul 548
Aug 551
Sep 570
Oct 551
Nov 425
Dec 397
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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 744
Mon 738
Tue 739
Wed 679
Thu 764
Fri 814
Sat 816
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Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 177
1am 102
2am 108
3am 96
4am 105
5am 194
6am 212
7am 173
8am 194
9am 163
10am 158
11am 179
12pm 169
1pm 165
2pm 201
3pm 226
4pm 265
5pm 296
6pm 368
7pm 371
8pm 398
9pm 404
10pm 324
11pm 227
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Fatal crashes by time of day
Category Fatal crashes
Morning (6am–noon) 1,079
Afternoon (noon–6pm) 1,322
Evening (6pm–10pm) 1,541
Night (10pm–6am) 1,333

Crashes with an unknown time are left out.

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Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 4,206
Cloudy 605
Rain 238
Fog, Smog, Smoke 32
Snow 7
Other 6
Severe Crosswinds 2
Blowing Sand, Soil, Dirt 2

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 2,348
Dark - Lighted 1,374
Dark - Not Lighted 1,238
Dusk 142
Dawn 86
Dark - Unknown Lighting 67
Other 2

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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States with the most fatal crashes
Category Fatal crashes Deaths
Florida 1,028 1,034
California 764 771
Texas 445 451
New York 229 230
Arizona 214 217
Louisiana 192 194
Illinois 178 178
North Carolina 158 159
Michigan 155 157
Georgia 124 124
South Carolina 121 121
New Jersey 110 111
Indiana 109 109
Pennsylvania 107 107
Ohio 102 102
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Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, highest states
Category Deaths per 100,000
Florida 0.9
Louisiana 0.8
Arizona 0.6
South Carolina 0.5
Mississippi 0.4
Hawaii 0.4
Delaware 0.4
California 0.4
Nevada 0.4
District of Columbia 0.4
Oregon 0.3
New Mexico 0.3
Indiana 0.3
Oklahoma 0.3
Michigan 0.3

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 780 0
Ford 757 0
Toyota 528 0
Honda 334 3
Nissan 311 0
Dodge 280 0
GMC 221 1
Jeep 195 0
Hyundai 165 0
Kia 150 0
Ram 116 0
Freightliner 90 0

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 9
1992 12
1993 11
1994 19
1995 23
1996 30
1997 36
1998 46
1999 78
2000 90
2001 98
2002 105
2003 139
2004 153
2005 179
2006 195
2007 221
2008 183
2009 127
2010 174
2011 182
2012 208
2013 279
2014 266
2015 307
2016 264
2017 309
2018 283
2019 307
2020 231
2021 180
2022 151
2023 95
2024 38
2025 1
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