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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
Motorcyclist killed

Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	913
Feb	1,216
Mar	1,914
Apr	2,474
May	3,275
Jun	3,546
Jul	3,619
Aug	3,653
Sep	3,483
Oct	2,859
Nov	1,750
Dec	1,184

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	5,430
Mon	3,208
Tue	3,305
Wed	3,448
Thu	3,647
Fri	4,499
Sat	6,349

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Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	960
1am	743
2am	679
3am	389
4am	330
5am	435
6am	585
7am	568
8am	456
9am	552
10am	743
11am	1,068
12pm	1,306
1pm	1,465
2pm	1,728
3pm	2,004
4pm	2,111
5pm	2,285
6pm	2,390
7pm	2,182
8pm	2,091
9pm	1,872
10pm	1,507
11pm	1,240

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Fatal crashes by time of day

Category	Fatal crashes
Morning (6am–noon)	3,972
Afternoon (noon–6pm)	10,899
Evening (6pm–10pm)	8,535
Night (10pm–6am)	6,283

Crashes with an unknown time are left out.

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Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	24,665
Cloudy	3,066
Rain	570
Fog, Smog, Smoke	165
Severe Crosswinds	49
Other	14
Snow	8
Sleet or Hail	2
Blowing Sand, Soil, Dirt	2
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	1

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	16,887
Dark - Lighted	6,064
Dark - Not Lighted	5,038
Dusk	1,219
Dawn	307
Dark - Unknown Lighting	210
Other	8

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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States with the most fatal crashes

Category	Fatal crashes	Deaths
Florida	3,167	3,294
California	2,894	2,961
Texas	2,684	2,767
Pennsylvania	1,098	1,130
Ohio	1,077	1,116
North Carolina	1,065	1,095
Arizona	1,029	1,056
New York	1,001	1,030
Georgia	969	999
Michigan	874	897
Tennessee	840	873
Illinois	777	809
South Carolina	777	799
Missouri	746	769
Colorado	708	730

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Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, highest states

Category	Deaths per 100,000
Wyoming	3.3
South Carolina	3.0
Florida	2.9
Arkansas	2.9
Montana	2.9
Arizona	2.9
South Dakota	2.8
Nevada	2.5
New Mexico	2.5
Colorado	2.5
Missouri	2.5
Tennessee	2.5
Kentucky	2.3
New Hampshire	2.3
Oklahoma	2.2

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
Harley-Davidson	11,187	11,058
Honda	5,806	4,412
Yamaha	3,797	3,748
Kawasaki	3,518	3,488
Suzuki	3,493	3,433
Ford	3,036	19
Chevrolet	2,659	15
Toyota	2,208	23
Nissan	1,236	19
Dodge	1,014	6
Jeep	794	6
GMC	773	8

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	109
1992	123
1993	156
1994	208
1995	255
1996	319
1997	357
1998	469
1999	689
2000	964
2001	1,156
2002	1,323
2003	1,731
2004	1,715
2005	2,205
2006	2,531
2007	2,691
2008	2,071
2009	1,673
2010	1,153
2011	1,420
2012	1,899
2013	2,044
2014	2,065
2015	2,240
2016	2,428
2017	2,427
2018	2,261
2019	2,413
2020	2,480
2021	1,989
2022	1,770
2023	1,257
2024	630
2025	28

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