List of Motor Vehicle Deaths in U.S. By Year

List Of Motor Vehicle Deaths In U.S. By Year

This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the United States by year. On average in 2009, 93 people were killed on the roadways of the U.S. each day.

The number of deaths – and deaths relative to the total population – have declined over the last two decades. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. Traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 63 years (1949).

year deaths vehicle miles traveled (v.m.t.)(billions) fatalities per 100 million v.m.t. population fatalities per 100,000 population %change
1899 26
1900 36 76,094,000 0.047 NA
1901 54 77,584,000 0.070 47.12%
1902 79 79,163,000 0.100 43.38%
1903 117 80,632,000 0.145 45.40%
1904 172 82,166,000 0.209 44.26%
1905 252 83,822,000 0.301 43.62%
1906 338 85,450,000 0.396 31.57%
1907 581 87,008,000 0.668 68.82%
1908 751 88,710,000 0.847 26.78%
1909 1,174 90,490,000 1.297 53.25%
1910 1,599 92,407,000 1.730 33.38%
1911 2,043 93,863,000 2.177 25.79%
1912 2,968 95,335,000 3.113 43.03%
1913 4,079 97,225,000 4.195 34.76%
1914 4,468 99,111,000 4.508 7.45%
1915 6,779 100,546,000 6.742 49.56%
1916 7,766 101,961,000 7.617 12.97%
1917 9,630 103,268,000 9.325 22.43%
1918 10,390 103,208,000 10.067 7.95%
1919 10,896 104,514,000 10.425 3.56%
1920 12,155 106,461,000 11.417 9.51%
1921 13,253 55.03 24.09 108,538,000 12.210 6.95%
1922 14,859 67.70 21.95 110,049,000 13.502 10.58%
1923 17,870 85.00 21.03 111,947,000 15.963 18.22%
1924 18,400 104.84 17.55 114,109,000 16.125 1.01%
1925 20,771 122.35 16.98 115,829,000 17.932 11.21%
1926 22,194 140.74 15.77 117,397,000 18.905 5.42%
1927 24,470 158.45 15.44 119,035,000 20.557 8.74%
1928 26,557 172.86 15.36 120,509,000 22.037 7.20%
1929 29,592 197.72 14.97 121,767,000 24.302 10.28%
1930 31,204 206.32 15.12 123,076,741 25.353 4.33%
1931 31,963 216.15 14.79 124,039,648 25.768 1.64%
1932 27,979 200.52 13.95 124,840,471 22.412 -13.03%
1933 29,746 200.64 14.83 125,578,763 23.687 5.69%
1934 34,240 215.56 15.88 126,373,773 27.094 14.38%
1935 34,494 228.57 15.09 127,250,232 27.107 0.05%
1936 36,126 252.13 14.33 128,053,180 28.212 4.07%
1937 37,819 270.11 14.00 128,824,829 29.357 4.06%
1938 31,083 271.18 11.46 129,824,939 23.942 -18.44%
1939 30,895 285.40 10.83 130,879,718 23.606 -1.41%
1940 32,914 302.19 10.89 132,122,446 24.912 5.53%
1941 38,142 333.61 11.43 133,402,471 28.592 14.77%
1942 27,007 268.22 10.07 134,859,553 20.026 -29.96%
1943 22,727 208.19 10.92 136,739,353 16.621 -17.00%
1944 23,165 212.71 10.89 138,397,345 16.738 0.71%
1945 26,785 250.17 10.71 139,928,165 19.142 14.36%
1946 31,874 340.88 9.35 141,388,566 22.544 17.77%
1947 31,193 370.89 8.41 144,126,071 21.643 -4.00%
1948 30,775 397.96 7.73 146,631,302 20.988 -3.03%
1949 30,246 424.46 7.13 149,188,130 20.274 -3.40%
1950 33,186 458.25 7.24 152,271,417 21.794 7.50%
1951 35,309 491.09 7.19 154,877,889 22.798 4.61%
1952 36,088 513.58 7.03 157,552,740 22.905 0.47%
1953 36,190 544.43 6.65 160,184,192 22.593 -1.36%
1954 33,890 561.96 6.03 163,025,854 20.788 -7.99%
1955 36,688 605.65 6.06 165,931,202 22.110 6.36%
1956 37,965 627.84 6.05 168,903,031 22.477 1.66%
1957 36,932 647.00 5.71 171,984,130 21.474 -4.46%
1958 35,331 664.65 5.32 174,881,904 20.203 -5.92%
1959 36,223 700.48 5.17 177,829,628 20.369 0.83%
1960 36,399 718.76 5.06 180,671,158 20.147 -1.09%
1961 36,285 737.42 4.92 183,691,481 19.753 -1.95%
1962 38,980 766.73 5.08 186,537,737 20.897 5.79%
1963 41,723 805.25 5.18 189,241,798 22.047 5.51%
1964 45,645 846.30 5.39 191,888,791 23.787 7.89%
1965 47,089 887.81 5.30 194,302,963 24.235 1.88%
1966 50,894 925.90 5.50 196,560,338 25.892 6.84%
1967 50,724 964.01 5.26 198,712,056 25.526 -1.41%
1968 52,725 1,015.87 5.19 200,706,052 26.270 2.91%
1969 53,543 1,061.79 5.04 202,676,946 26.418 0.56%
1970 52,627 1,109.72 4.74 205,052,174 25.665 -2.85%
1971 52,542 1,178.81 4.46 207,660,677 25.302 -1.42%
1972 54,589 1,259.79 4.33 209,896,021 26.008 2.79%
1973 54,052 1,313.11 4.12 211,908,788 25.507 -1.92%
1974 45,196 1,280.54 3.53 213,853,928 21.134 -17.14%
1975 44,525 1,327.66 3.35 215,973,199 20.616 -2.45%
1976 45,523 1,402.38 3.25 218,035,164 20.879 1.27%
1977 47,878 1,467.03 3.26 220,239,425 21.739 4.12%
1978 50,331 1,544.70 3.26 222,584,545 22.612 4.02%
1979 51,093 1,529.13 3.34 225,055,487 22.702 0.40%
1980 51,091 1,527.30 3.35 227,224,681 22.485 -0.96%
1981 49,301 1,552.80 3.18 229,465,714 21.485 -4.45%
1982 43,945 1,595.01 2.76 231,664,458 18.969 -11.71%
1983 42,589 1,652.79 2.58 233,791,994 18.217 -3.97%
1984 44,257 1,720.27 2.57 235,824,902 18.767 3.02%
1985 43,825 1,774.18 2.47 237,923,795 18.420 -1.85%
1986 46,087 1,834.87 2.51 240,132,887 19.192 4.19%
1987 46,390 1,921.20 2.42 242,288,918 19.147 -0.24%
1988 47,087 2,025.96 2.32 244,498,982 19.259 0.58%
1989 45,582 2,096.46 2.17 246,819,230 18.468 -4.11%
1990 44,599 2,144.36 2.08 249,464,396 17.878 -3.19%
1991 41,508 2,172.05 1.91 252,153,092 16.461 -7.92%
1992 39,250 2,247.15 1.75 255,029,699 15.390 -6.51%
1993 40,150 2,296.38 1.75 257,782,608 15.575 1.20%
1994 40,716 2,358 1.73 260,327,021 15.6403 0.42%
1995 41,817 2,423 1.73 262,803,276 15.9119 1.74%
1996 42,065 2,486 1.69 265,228,572 15.8599 0.33%
1997 42,013 2,562 1.64 267,783,607 15.6892 1.08%
1998 41,501 2,632 1.58 270,248,003 15.3566 2.12%
1999 41,717 2,691 1.55 272,690,813 15.2983 0.38%
2000 41,945 2,747 1.53 282,216,952 14.8627 2.85%
2001 42,196 2,797 1.51 285,226,284 14.7939 0.46%
2002 43,005 2,856 1.51 288,125,973 14.9258 0.89%
2003 42,643 2,890 1.48 290,796,023 14.6642 1.75%
2004 42,836 2,965 1.44 293,638,158 14.5880 0.52%
2005 43,443 2,989 1.46 296,507,061 14.6516 0.44%
2006 42,642 3,014 1.42 299,398,484 14.2426 2.79%
2007 41,059 3,032 1.36 301,139,947 13.7840 3.85%
2008 37,261 2,974 1.25 303,824,640 12.2640 11.0%
2009 33,808 306,700,000 11.0737 9.7%
2010 32,885 1.11 308,745,538 10.6511 3.8%
2011 32,367 311,591,917 10.3876 2.5%


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