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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
Pedestrian killed

Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	3,216
Feb	2,755
Mar	2,760
Apr	2,438
May	2,451
Jun	2,411
Jul	2,628
Aug	2,917
Sep	3,150
Oct	3,635
Nov	3,605
Dec	3,619

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	5,072
Mon	4,833
Tue	4,659
Wed	4,800
Thu	4,894
Fri	5,620
Sat	5,707

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Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	1,743
1am	1,367
2am	1,411
3am	1,197
4am	1,272
5am	1,722
6am	1,594
7am	771
8am	577
9am	491
10am	473
11am	469
12pm	559
1pm	505
2pm	567
3pm	662
4pm	705
5pm	1,536
6pm	2,582
7pm	2,905
8pm	3,509
9pm	3,627
10pm	2,920
11pm	2,206

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Fatal crashes by time of day

Category	Fatal crashes
Morning (6am–noon)	4,375
Afternoon (noon–6pm)	4,534
Evening (6pm–10pm)	12,623
Night (10pm–6am)	13,838

Crashes with an unknown time are left out.

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Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	26,604
Cloudy	4,106
Rain	2,786
Fog, Smog, Smoke	366
Snow	178
Other	35
Severe Crosswinds	26
Sleet or Hail	26
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	22
Blowing Snow	15

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 - Lighted	14,054
Dark - Not Lighted	12,488
Daylight	6,805
Dark - Unknown Lighting	697
Dusk	683
Dawn	599
Other	36

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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States with the most fatal crashes

Category	Fatal crashes	Deaths
California	5,577	5,668
Texas	3,795	3,892
Florida	3,690	3,753
Georgia	1,508	1,535
New York	1,384	1,414
Arizona	1,275	1,294
North Carolina	1,221	1,235
Illinois	968	992
New Jersey	939	948
Tennessee	886	906
South Carolina	884	898
Pennsylvania	840	862
Michigan	829	843
Louisiana	794	818
Ohio	743	756

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Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, highest states

Category	Deaths per 100,000
New Mexico	4.5
Louisiana	3.5
Arizona	3.5
South Carolina	3.4
Florida	3.4
Mississippi	3.2
Nevada	2.9
California	2.9
Georgia	2.8
Delaware	2.8
Texas	2.6
Tennessee	2.6
Arkansas	2.5
Alabama	2.3
North Carolina	2.3

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	5,046	16
Ford	4,962	10
Toyota	4,107	18
Honda	2,803	20
Nissan	2,456	6
Dodge	1,904	4
GMC	1,380	1
Jeep	1,261	3
Hyundai	1,232	5
Kia	1,038	3
Freightliner	750	4
Ram	649	1

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	49
1992	56
1993	88
1994	116
1995	158
1996	157
1997	241
1998	291
1999	441
2000	529
2001	723
2002	791
2003	918
2004	1,068
2005	1,257
2006	1,305
2007	1,544
2008	1,367
2009	945
2010	1,192
2011	1,359
2012	1,630
2013	1,819
2014	1,909
2015	2,318
2016	2,172
2017	2,181
2018	2,023
2019	2,012
2020	1,780
2021	1,216
2022	859
2023	586
2024	237
2025	26

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