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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	3,772
Feb	3,476
Mar	3,984
Apr	4,237
May	4,893
Jun	4,936
Jul	5,015
Aug	5,036
Sep	4,786
Oct	4,755
Nov	4,155
Dec	4,253

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	9,471
Mon	6,428
Tue	6,075
Wed	6,418
Thu	6,664
Fri	7,996
Sat	10,246

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Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	2,825
1am	2,517
2am	2,629
3am	1,683
4am	1,351
5am	1,382
6am	1,516
7am	1,508
8am	1,229
9am	1,221
10am	1,437
11am	1,496
12pm	1,752
1pm	1,974
2pm	2,243
3pm	2,486
4pm	2,670
5pm	2,820
6pm	3,052
7pm	3,017
8pm	3,114
9pm	3,117
10pm	3,077
11pm	2,919

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Fatal crashes by time of day

Category	Fatal crashes
Morning (6am–noon)	8,407
Afternoon (noon–6pm)	13,945
Evening (6pm–10pm)	12,300
Night (10pm–6am)	18,383

Crashes with an unknown time are left out.

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Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	38,212
Cloudy	6,703
Rain	4,217
Snow	702
Fog, Smog, Smoke	560
Sleet or Hail	100
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	77
Blowing Snow	75
Severe Crosswinds	68
Other	43

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	23,483
Dark - Not Lighted	14,028
Dark - Lighted	12,666
Dusk	1,468
Dawn	909
Dark - Unknown Lighting	523
Other	21

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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States with the most fatal crashes

Category	Fatal crashes	Deaths
Texas	6,726	7,521
California	6,148	6,824
North Carolina	2,483	2,747
Pennsylvania	2,167	2,347
South Carolina	1,988	2,187
Illinois	1,950	2,223
Arizona	1,837	2,082
New York	1,741	1,925
Missouri	1,693	1,882
Georgia	1,675	1,866
Florida	1,590	1,806
Virginia	1,377	1,501
Michigan	1,362	1,490
Ohio	1,285	1,405
Alabama	1,185	1,294

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Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, highest states

Category	Deaths per 100,000
Wyoming	8.5
South Carolina	8.3
New Mexico	7.7
Montana	7.3
Missouri	6.1
Arizona	5.7
North Carolina	5.1
Alabama	5.1
Texas	5.0
Louisiana	4.9
Oklahoma	4.8
Arkansas	4.7
Mississippi	4.5
Colorado	4.3
South Dakota	4.2

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
Chevrolet	10,063	6,632
Ford	9,541	5,613
Toyota	7,159	4,526
Honda	7,019	5,496
Nissan	4,602	3,274
Dodge	3,792	2,368
Harley-Davidson	3,359	3,281
GMC	2,347	1,372
Jeep	2,314	1,348
Hyundai	2,143	1,444
Yamaha	1,970	1,931
Suzuki	1,884	1,831

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	140
1992	184
1993	265
1994	359
1995	433
1996	508
1997	732
1998	895
1999	1,319
2000	1,690
2001	1,885
2002	2,302
2003	2,923
2004	3,141
2005	3,494
2006	3,727
2007	4,196
2008	3,633
2009	2,565
2010	2,332
2011	2,690
2012	3,128
2013	3,631
2014	3,707
2015	4,127
2016	4,278
2017	4,324
2018	4,013
2019	4,206
2020	3,713
2021	2,813
2022	2,101
2023	1,471
2024	721
2025	44

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