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Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities, 1900 - 2023
    National Summary (1)

April 2025
Table FI-200

YEAR PUBLIC ROAD
MILES (2)		 ANNUAL VEHICLE-MILES
OF TRAVEL (VMT)
(MILLIONS) 		REGISTERED
VEHICLES 		LICENSED
DRIVERS 		HIGHWAY
FATALITIES (3)		 FATALITY RATES
PER 1,000
MILES
OF ROAD 		PER 100 MILLION
ANNUAL
VMT 		PER 100,000
REGISTERED
MOTOR VEHICLES 		PER 100,000
LICENSED
DRIVERS
1900 2,320,000 100 8,000 - 36 0.02 36.00 450.00 -
1901 2,325,000 170 14,800 - 54 0.02 31.76 364.86 -
1902 2,330,000 310 23,000 - 79 0.03 25.48 343.48 -
1903 2,340,000 460 32,920 - 117 0.05 25.43 355.41 -
1904 2,351,000 750 55,290 - 172 0.07 22.93 311.09 -
1905 2,360,000 970 78,800 - 252 0.11 25.98 319.80 -
1906 2,370,000 1,240 108,100 - 338 0.14 27.26 312.67 -
1907 2,382,000 1,440 143,200 - 581 0.24 40.35 405.73 -
1908 2,395,000 1,850 198,400 - 751 0.31 40.59 378.53 -
1909 2,410,000 2,590 312,00 - 1,174 0.49 45.33 376.28 -
1910 2,430,000 3,580 468,500 - 1,599 0.66 44.66 341.30 -
1911 2,470,000 5,040 639,500 - 2,043 0.83 40.54 319.47 -
1912 2,515,000 7,390 944,000 - 2,968 1.18 40.16 314.41 -
1913 2,590,000 10,250 1,258,060 - 4,079 1.57 39.80 324.23 -
1914 2,666,000 14,060 1,763,018 - 4,468 1.68 31.78 253.43 -
1915 2,745,000 19,530 2,490,932 - 6,779 2.47 34.71 272.15 -
1916 2,850,000 25,860 3,617,937 - 7,766 2.72 30.03 214.65 -
1917 2,925,000 30,680 5,118,525 - 9,630 3.29 31.39 188.14 -
1918 3,000,000 36,980 6,160,448 - 10,390 3.46 28.10 168.66 -
1919 3,050,000 44,110 7,576,888 - 10,896 3.57 24.70 143.81 -
1920 3,105,000 47,600 9,239,161 - 12,155 3.91 25.54 131.56 -
1921 3,160,000 55,027 10,493,666 - 13,253 4.19 24.08 126.30 -
1922 3,196,000 67,697 12,273,599 - 14,859 4.65 21.95 121.06 -
1923 3,233,000 84,995 15,102,105 - 17,870 5.53 21.02 118.33 -
1924 3,243,000 104,838 17,612,940 - 18,400 5.67 17.55 104.47 -
1925 3,246,000 122,346 20,068,543 - 20,771 6.40 16.98 103.50 -
1926 3,242,000 140,735 22,200,150 - 22,194 6.85 15.77 99.97 -
1927 3,257,000 158,453 23,303,470 - 24,470 7.51 15.44 105.01 -
1928 3,262,000 172,856 24,688,631 - 26,557 8.14 15.36 107.57 -
1929 3,272,000 197,720 26,704,825 - 29,592 9.04 14.97 110.81 -
1930 3,259,000 206,320 26,749,853 - 31,204 9.57 15.12 116.65 -
1931 3,291,000 216,151 26,093,968 - 31,963 9.71 14.79 122.49 -
1932 3,296,000 200,517 24,391,000 - 27,979 8.49 13.95 114.71 -
1933 3,286,000 200,642 24,159,203 - 29,746 9.05 14.83 123.12 -
1934 3,309,000 215,563 25,261,710 - 34,240 10.35 15.88 135.54 -
1935 3,310,000 228,568 26,546,126 - 34,494 10.42 15.09 129.94 -
1936 3,267,000 252,128 28,506,891 - 36,126 11.06 14.33 126.73 -
1937 3,245,000 270,110 30,058,892 - 37,819 11.65 14.00 125.82 -
1938 3,257,000 271,177 29,813,718 - 31,083 9.54 11.46 104.26 -
1939 3,274,000 285,402 31,009,927 - 30,895 9.44 10.83 99.63 -
1940 3,287,000 302,188 32,453,233 - 32,914 10.01 10.89 101.42 -
1941 3,309,678 333,612 34,894,134 - 38,142 11.52 11.43 109.31 -
1942 3,308,497 268,224 33,003,656 - 27,007 8.16 10.07 81.83 -
1943 3,311,138 208,192 30,888,134 - 22,727 6.86 10.92 73.58 -
1944 3,311,177 212,713 30,479,306 - 23,165 7.00 10.89 76.00 -
1945 3,319,286 250,173 31,035,420 - 26,785 8.07 10.71 86.30 -
1946 3,316,538 340,880 34,373,002 - 31,874 9.61 9.35 92.73 -
1947 3,326,153 370,894 37,841,498 - 31,193 9.38 8.41 82.43 -
1948 3,322,660 397,957 41,085,531 - 30,775 9.26 7.73 74.90 -
1949 3,321,742 424,461 44,690,296 59,322,278 30,246 9.11 7.13 67.68 50.99
1950 3,312,975 458,246 49,161,691 62,193,495 33,186 10.02 7.24 67.50 53.36
1951 3,326,510 491,093 51,912,755 64,443,781 35,309 10.61 7.19 68.02 54.79
1952 3,343,170 513,581 53,262,418 66,825,829 36,088 10.79 7.03 67.76 54.00
1953 3,366,190 544,433 56,217,443 69,869,781 36,190 10.75 6.65 64.38 51.80
1954 3,394,561 561,963 58,505,361 71,897,089 33,890 9.98 6.03 57.93 47.14
1955 3,418,214 605,646 62,688,792 74,685,949 36,688 10.73 6.06 58.52 49.12
1956 3,429,801 627,843 65,148,277 77,658,826 37,965 11.07 6.05 58.27 48.89
1957 3,453,118 645,004 67,124,904 79,630,680 36,932 10.70 5.73 55.02 46.38
1958 3,478,787 664,653 68,296,594 81,536,726 35,331 10.16 5.32 51.73 43.33
1959 3,510,660 700,480 71,354,420 84,498,191 36,223 10.32 5.17 50.76 42.87
1960 3,545,693 718,762 73,857,768 87,252,563 36,399 10.27 5.06 49.28 41.72
1961 3,573,046 737,421 75,961,437 88,744,198 36,285 10.16 4.92 47.77 40.89
1962 3,599,581 766,734 79,150,336 90,588,324 38,980 10.83 5.08 49.25 43.03
1963 3,620,457 805,249 82,696,732 93,572,980 41,723 11.52 5.18 50.45 44.59
1964 3,644,069 846,298 86,313,262 95,467,537 45,645 12.53 5.39 52.88 47.81
1965 3,689,666 887,812 90,357,667 98,502,152 47,089 12.76 5.30 52.11 47.81
1966 3,697,950 925,899 93,949,852 100,998,471 50,894 13.76 5.50 54.17 50.39
1967 3,704,914 964,005 96,905,876 103,171,641 51,559 13.92 5.35 53.21 49.97
1968 3,684,085 1,015,869 100,898,074 105,410,150 53,763 14.59 5.29 53.28 51.00
1969 3,710,299 1,061,791 105,096,369 108,306,080 55,043 14.84 5.18 52.37 50.82
1970 3,730,082 1,109,724 108,418,197 111,542,787 53,816 14.43 4.85 49.64 48.25
1971 3,758,942 1,178,811 112,986,342 114,425,900 53,907 14.34 4.57 47.71 47.11
1972 3,786,713 1,259,786 118,796,671 118,414,474 55,600 14.68 4.41 46.80 46.95
1973 3,806,883 1,313,110 125,653,934 121,545,736 55,096 14.47 4.20 43.85 45.33
1974 3,815,807 1,280,544 129,933,556 125,426,582 46,049 12.07 3.60 35.44 36.71
1975 3,838,146 1,327,664 132,948,709 129,790,666 45,500 11.85 3.43 34.22 35.06
1976 3,857,356 1,402,380 138,542,904 134,035,641 45,523 11.80 3.25 32.86 33.96
1977 3,867,167 1,467,027 142,092,568 138,120,893 47,878 12.38 3.26 33.69 34.66
1978 3,884,761 1,544,704 148,414,612 140,843,907 50,331 12.96 3.26 33.91 35.74
1979 3,917,496 1,529,133 151,869,299 143,283,995 51,093 13.04 3.34 33.64 35.66
1980 3,859,837 1,527,295 155,796,219 145,295,036 51,091 13.24 3.35 32.79 35.16
1981 3,852,473 1,555,308 158,286,415 147,075,169 49,301 12.80 3.17 31.15 33.52
1982 3,865,894 1,595,010 159,643,240 150,233,659 43,945 11.37 2.76 27.53 29.25
1983 3,879,617 1,652,788 163,749,281 154,389,178 42,589 10.98 2.58 26.01 27.59
1984 3,891,464 1,720,269 166,248,816 155,423,709 44,257 11.37 2.57 26.62 28.48
1985 3,863,912 1,774,826 171,688,878 156,868,277 43,825 11.34 2.47 25.53 27.94
1986 3,877,941 1,834,872 175,700,339 159,487,000 46,087 11.88 2.51 26.16 28.90
1987 3,873,992 1,921,204 178,909,773 161,818,461 46,390 11.97 2.41 25.91 28.67
1988 3,870,744 2,025,962 184,392,652 162,853,255 47,087 12.16 2.32 25.54 28.91
1989 3,876,865 2,096,487 187,356,106 165,555,295 45,582 11.76 2.17 24.34 27.53
1990 3,866,926 2,144,362 188,797,914 167,015,250 44,599 11.53 2.08 23.64 26.70
1991 3,883,920 2,172,050 188,136,469 168,995,076 41,508 10.69 1.91 22.04 24.56
1992 3,901,081 2,247,151 190,362,228 173,125,396 39,250 10.06 1.75 20.62 22.67
1993 3,905,211 2,296,378 194,063,482 173,149,313 40,150 10.28 1.75 20.69 23.19
1994 3,906,595 2,357,588 198,045,365 175,403,465 40,716 10.42 1.73 20.56 23.21
1995 3,912,226 2,422,823 201,530,021 176,628,482 41,817 10.69 1.73 20.75 23.68
1996 3,919,652 2,484,080 206,569,650 179,539,340 42,065 10.73 1.69 20.36 23.43
1997 3,945,872 2,552,233 207,753,660 182,709,204 42,013 10.65 1.65 20.22 22.99
1998 3,906,292 2,628,148 211,616,553 184,980,177 41,501 10.62 1.58 19.61 22.44
1999 3,917,243 2,690,241 216,308,623 187,170,420 41,717 10.65 1.55 19.29 22.29
2000 3,936,222 2,746,925 221,475,173 190,625,023 41,945 10.66 1.53 18.94 22.00
2001 3,948,335 2,795,610 230,428,326 191,275,719 42,196 10.69 1.51 18.31 22.06
2002 3,966,486 2,855,508 229,619,979 194,295,633 43,005 10.84 1.51 18.73 22.13
2003 3,974,107 2,890,221 231,389,998 196,165,665 42,884 10.79 1.48 18.53 21.86
2004 3,981,512 2,964,788 237,242,616 198,888,912 42,836 10.76 1.44 18,06 21.54
2005 3,995,653 2,989,430 241,193,974 200,548,972 43,510 10.89 1.46 18.04 21.70
2006 4,016,741 3,014,371 244,165,686 202,810,438 42,708 10.63 1.42 17.49 21.06
2007 4,032,126 3,031,124 247,264,605 205,741,845 41,059 10.18 1.35 16.61 19.96
2008 4,042,778 2,973,528 248,164,738 208,320,601 37,261 9.22 1.25 15.01 17.89
2009 4,050,717 2,956,764 246,282,886 209,618,386 33,883 8.36 1.15 13.76 16.16
2010 4,067,077 2,967,266 242,060,545 210,114,939 32,999 8.11 1.11 13.63 15.71
2011 4,077,756 2,946,131 253,215,681 211,874,649 32,479 7.96 1.10 12.83 15.33
2012 4,092,730 2,968,815 253,639,386 211,814,830 33,782 8.25 1.14 13.32 15.95
2013 4,115,462 2,988,280 255,876,822 212,159,728 32,894 7.99 1.10 12.86 15.50
2014 4,177,073 3,025,656 260,350,938 214,092,472 32,744 7.84 1.08 12.58 15.29
2015 4,154,727 3,095,373 263,610,219 218,084,465 35,484 8.45 1.15 13.46 16.27
2016 4,140,108 3,174,408 268,799,083 221,711,918 37,806 9.13 1.19 14.06 17.05
2017 4,165,349 3,212,347 272,480,899 225,346,257 37,473 9.00 1.17 13.75 16.63
2018 4,176,915 3,240,327 273,602,100 227,558,385 36,835 8.82 1.14 13.46 16.19
2019 4,171,125 3,261,772 276,491,174 228,679,819 36,355 8.72 1.11 13.15 15.90
2020 4,172,562 2,903,622 275,936,367 228,195,802 39,007 9.35 1.34 14.14 17.09
2021 4,187,440 3,132,411 282,214,578 232,781,797 43,230 10.32 1.38 15.32 18.57
2022 4,197,562 3,196,191 283,400,986 235,086,153 42,721 10.18 1.34 15.07 18.17
2023 4,199,209 3,246,817 284,614,269 237,655,885 40,901 9.74 1.26 14.37 17.21

(1) Includes the States and the District of Columbia.

(2) Prior to 1980, some miles of non-public roadways are included.

(3) Beginning in 1976, includes only persons injured in a highway vehicular crash that died within 30 days.

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