Lifetime odds of dying in a transport accident in the U.S. 2020

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Martin Placek
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Dec 19, 2023
Motor vehicle accidents were the most likely type of transportation to cause preventable deaths in the United States, with a person born in 2020 having a one in 101 chance of dying in a motor vehicle accident. At the other end of the scale is bus travel, where passengers have a one in 305,644 chance of being in a fatal accident.

Lifetime odds of dying in a transport accident in the United States in 2020, by mode of transport*

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Statistic: Lifetime odds of dying in a transport accident in the United States in 2020, by mode of transport*

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March 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2020

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* Values are the odds of someone born in 2020 dying in a transport accident during their lifetime. For example, a value of 100 means that a person born in 2019 has a one in 100 chance of being in a fatal transport accident using that mode of transportation.
** 2017 figures

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