U.S. road traffic fatalities

Some 47,000 road traffic fatalities are projected to have occurred in the United States in 2021, which was the largest amount of fatalities recorded in the country since 2012. This fatality volume is estimated to dip in 2022, down to nearly 46,300. Motor vehicle crashes and drug overdoses are the leading causes of death among those under the age of 55 in the United States.

Number of road traffic fatalities in the United States from 2012 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of road traffic fatalities
2022*	46,270
2021	46,980
2020	42,339
2019	39,107
2018	39,404
2017	40,231
2016	40,327
2015	37,757
2014	35,398
2013	35,369
2012	36,415

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2023

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United States

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

All figures are preliminary figures.
Includes traffic and nontraffic deaths that occur within a year of the accident.
* Preliminary estimate by the source.

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