Almost 19,600 people died in motor vehicle crashes on U.S. urban highways in 2019. That year, urban highways accounted for the majority of road traffic fatalities in the United States, a trend that began to emerge in 2016.
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IIHS. (December 31, 2020). Number of motor vehicle fatalities on U.S. rural and urban highways from 1995 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186353/motor-vehicle-fatalities-on-us-highway-system-since-1995/
IIHS. "Number of motor vehicle fatalities on U.S. rural and urban highways from 1995 to 2019." Chart. December 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186353/motor-vehicle-fatalities-on-us-highway-system-since-1995/
IIHS. (2020). Number of motor vehicle fatalities on U.S. rural and urban highways from 1995 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186353/motor-vehicle-fatalities-on-us-highway-system-since-1995/
IIHS. "Number of Motor Vehicle Fatalities on U.S. Rural and Urban Highways from 1995 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186353/motor-vehicle-fatalities-on-us-highway-system-since-1995/
IIHS, Number of motor vehicle fatalities on U.S. rural and urban highways from 1995 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186353/motor-vehicle-fatalities-on-us-highway-system-since-1995/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of motor vehicle fatalities on U.S. rural and urban highways from 1995 to 2019 [Graph], IIHS, December 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186353/motor-vehicle-fatalities-on-us-highway-system-since-1995/