Motor Vehicle Deaths by Type Table


1	Motor-Vehicle deaths by type of incident, United States, 1913-1921
2	Year	Total deaths	Deaths from collision with...	Deaths from noncollision incidents	Nontraffic deaths(a)
3	Pedestrians	Other Motor Vehicles	Railroad trains	Streetcars	Bicyclists	Animal-drawn vehicle or animal	Fixed objects
4
5

6	1913	4,200	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
7	1914	4,700	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
8	1915	6,600	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
9	1916	8,200	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
10	1917	10,200	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
11	1918	10,700	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
12	1919	11,200	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
13	1920	12,500	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
14	1921	13,900	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
15	1922	15,300	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
16	1923	18,400	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
17	1924	19,400	(b)	(b)	1,130	410	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
18	1925	21,900	(b)	(b)	1,410	560	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
19	1926	23,400	(b)	(b)	1,730	520	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
20	1927	25,800	10,820	3,430	1,830	520	(b)	(b)	(b)	(b)	(c)
21	1928	28,000	11,420	4,310	2,140	570	(b)	(b)	540	8,070	(c)
22	1929	31,200	12,250	5,400	2,050	530	(b)	(b)	620	9,380	(c)
23	1930	32,900	12,900	5,880	1,830	480	(b)	(b)	720	9,970	(c)
24	1931	33,700	13,370	6,820	1,710	440	(b)	(b)	870	6,570	(c)
25	1932	29,500	11,490	6,070	1,520	320	350	400	800	8,500	(c)
26	1933	31,363	12,840	6,470	1,437	318	400	310	900	8,680	(c)
27	1934	36,101	14,480	8,110	1,457	332	500	360	1,040	9,820	(c)
28	1935	36,369	14,350	8,750	1,587	253	450	250	1,010	9,720	(c)
29	1936	38,089	15,250	9,500	1,697	269	650	250	1,060	9,410	(c)
30	1937	39,463	15,500	10,320	1,810	264	700	200	1,160	9,690	(c)
31	1938	32,582	12,850	8,900	1,490	165	720	170	940	7,350	(c)
32	1939	32,386	12,400	8,700	1,330	150	710	200	1,000	7,900	(c)
33	1940	34,501	12,700	10,100	1,707	132	750	210	1,100	7,800	(c)
34	1941	39,969	13,550	12,500	1,840	118	910	250	1,350	9,450	(c)
35	1942	28,309	10,650	7,300	1,754	124	650	240	850	6,740	(c)
36	1943	23,823	9,900	5,300	1,448	171	450	160	700	5,690	(c)
37	1944	24,282	9,900	5,700	1,663	175	400	140	700	5,600	(c)
38	1945	28,076	11,000	7,150	1,703	163	500	130	800	6,600	(c)
39	1946	33,411	11,600	9,400	1,703	174	450	130	950	8,900	(c)
40	1947	32,697	10,450	9,900	1,736	102	550	150	1,000	8,800	(c)
41	1948	32,259	9,950	10,200	1,474	83	500	100	1,000	8,950	(c)
42	1949	31,701	8,800	10,500	1,452	56	550	140	1,100	9,100	838
43	1950	34,763	9,000	11,650	1,541	89	440	120	1,300	10,600	900
44	1951	36,996	9,150	13,100	1,573	46	390	100	1,400	11,200	966
45	1952	37,794	8,900	13,500	1,429	32	430	130	1,450	11,900	970
46	1953	37,956	8,750	13,400	1,506	26	420	120	1,500	12,200	1,026
47	1954	35,586	8,000	12,800	1,289	28	380	90	1,500	11,500	1,004
48	1955	38,426	8,200	14,500	1,490	15	410	90	1,600	12,100	989
49	1956	39,628	7,900	15,200	1,377	11	440	100	1,600	13,000	888
50	1957	38,702	7,850	15,400	1,376	13	460	80	1,700	11,800	1,016
51	1958	36,981	7,650	14,200	1,316	9	450	80	1,650	11,600	929
52	1959	37,910	7,850	14,900	1,202	6	480	70	1,600	11,800	948
53	1960	38,137	7,850	14,800	1,368	5	460	80	1,700	11,900	995
54	1961	38,091	7,650	14,700	1,267	5	490	80	1,700	12,200	1,065
55	1962	40,804	7,900	16,400	1,245	3	500	90	1,750	12,900	1,029
56	1963	43,564	8,200	17,600	1,385	10	580	80	1,900	13,800	990
57	1964	47,700	9,000	19,600	1,580	5	710	100	2,100	14,600	1,123
58	1965	49,163	8,900	20,800	1,556	5	680	120	2,200	14,900	1,113
59	1966	53,041	9,400	22,200	1,800	2	740	100	2,500	16,300	1,108
60	1967	52,924	9,400	22,000	1,620	3	750	100	2,350	16,700	1,165
61	1968	54,862	9,900	22,400	1,570	4	790	100	2,700	17,400	1,061
62	1969	55,791	10,100	23,700	1,495	2	800	100	3,900(d)	15,700(d)	1,155
63	1970	54,633	9,900	23,200	1,459	3	780	100	3,800	15,400	1,140
64	1971	54,381	9,900	23,100	1,378	2	800	100	3,800	15,300	1,015
65	1972	56,278	10,300	23,900	1,260	2	1,000	100	3,900	15,800	1,064
66	1973	55,511	10,200	23,600	1,194	2	1,000	100	3,800	15,600	1,164
67	1974	46,402	8,500	19,400	1,209	1	1,000	100	3,100	12,800	1,088
68	1975	45,853	8,400	19,550	979	1	1,000	100	3,130	12,700	1,033
69	1976	47,038	8,600	20,100	1,033	2	1,000	100	3,200	13,000	1,026
70	1977	49,510	9,100	21,200	902	3	1,100	100	3,400	13,700	1,053
71	1978	52,411	9,600	22,400	986	1	1,200	100	3,600	14,500	1,074
72	1979	53,524	9,800	23,100	826	1	1,200	100	3,700	14,800	1,271
73	1980	53,172	9,700	23,000	739	1	1,200	100	3,700	14,700	1,242
74	1981	51,385	9,400	22,200	668	1	1,200	100	3,600	14,200	1,189
75	1982	45,779	8,400	19,800	554	1	1,100	100	3,200	12,600	1,066
76	1983	44,452	8,200	19,200	520	1	1,100	100	3,100	12,200	1,024
77	1984	46,263	8,500	20,000	630	0	1,100	100	3,200	12,700	1,055
78	1985	45,901	8,500	19,900	538	2	1,100	100	3,200	12,600	1,079
79	1986	47,865	8,900	20,800	574	2	1,100	100	3,300	13,100	998
80	1987	48,290	7,500(e)	20,700	554	1	1,000(e)	100	13,200(e)	5,200(e)	993
81	1988	49,078	7,700	20,900	638	2	1,000	100	13,400	5,300	1,054
82	1989	47,575	7,800	20,300	720	2	900	100	12,900	4,900	989
83	1990	46,814	7,300	19,900	623	2	900	100	13,100	4,900	987
84	1991	43,536	6,600	18,200	541	1	800	100	12,600	4,700	915
85	1992	40,982	6,300	17,600	521	2	700	100	11,700	4,100	997
86	1993	41,893	6,400	18,300	553	3	800	100	11,500	4,200	994
87	1994	42,524	6,300	18,900	549	1	800	100	11,500	4,400	1,017
88	1995	43,363	6,400	19,000	514	(c)	800	100	12,100	4,400	1,032
89	1996	43,649	6,100	19,600	373	(c)	800	100	12,100	4,600	1,127
90	1997	43,458	5,900	19,900	371	(c)	800	100	12,000	4,400	1,118
91	1998	43,501	5,900	19,700	309	(c)	700	100	12,200	4,600	1,310
92	1999	42,401	6,100	18,600	314	1	800	100	11,800	4,700	1,436
93	2000	43,354	5,900	19,100	321	(c)	800	100	12,300	4,800	1,360
94	2001	43,788	6,100	18,800	324	3	800	100	12,800	4,900	1,345
95	2002	45,380	6,100	19,200	283	(c)	800	100	13,600	5,300	1,315
96	2003	44,757	6,000	19,300	245	(c)	800	100	13,100	5,200	1,417
97	2004	44,933	6,000	19,600	253	(c)	900	100	13,000	5,100	1,501
98	2005	45,343	6,100	19,000	250	(c)	1,000	100	13,600	5,300	1,676
99	2006	45,316	6,200	18,500	264	(c)	1,000	100	13,900	5,400	1,652
100	2007	43,945	6,000	17,700	211	(c)	900	100	13,800	5,200	1,914
101	2008	39,790	5,600	15,500	199	(c)	900	100	12,900	4,600	1,805
102	2009	36,216	5,300	14,100	154	(c)	800	100	11,700	4,100	1,731
103	2010	35,332	5,500	13,600	139	(c)	800	100	11,300	3,900	1,645
104	2011	35,303	5,700	13,500	139	(c)	900	100	11,200	3,800	1,520
105	2012	36,415	6,100	13,900	132	(c)	1,000	100	11,500	3,700	1,480
106	2013	35,369	6,000	13,700	136	(c)	1,000	100	11,000	3,400	1,565
107	2014	35,398	6,300	13,900	144	(c)	1,000	100	10,700	3,300	1,662
108	2015	37,757	6,700	15,300	110	(c)	1,100	100	10,900	3,500	1,596
109	2016	40,327	7,400	16,500	128	(c)	1,100	100	11,300	3,800	1,579
110	2017	40,231	7,500	16,900	146	(c)	1,100	100	11,100	3,400	1,572
111	2018	39,404	7,700	16,600	127	(c)	1,100	100	10,500	3,300	1,413
112	2019	39,107	7,700	16,600	117	(c)	1,100	100	10,400	3,100	1,512
113	2020	42,339	8,000	17,700	88	(c)	1,400	100	11,800	3,300	1,641
114	2021	46,980	9,100	20,200	111	(c)	1,400	100	12,600	3,500	1,576
115	Changes in deaths
116	2012 to 2021	29%	49%	45%	-16%		40%	0%	10%	-5%	6%
117	2020 to 2021	11%	14%	14%	26%		0%	0%	7%	6%	-4%
118	Source: Total deaths from National Center for Health Statistics except 1964 which are National Safety Council estimates based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Most totals by type are estimated and may not add to the total deaths. See the Technical Appendix for comparability.
119
120	(a) A motor-vehicle nontraffic incident is any motor-vehicle incident that occurs entirely in any place other than a trafficway. Nontraffic deaths are included in appropriate incident-type totals in the table.
121
122	(b) Insufficient data for approximations.
123	(c) Data not available.
124	(d) 1969 through 1986 totals are not comparable to previous years.
125	(e) Procedures and benchmarks for estimating deaths for certain types of incidents were changed for the 1990 edition. Estimates for 1987 and later years are not comparable to earlier years.
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Motor-Vehicle deaths by type of incident, United States, 1913-1921

2

Year

Total deaths

Deaths from collision with...

Deaths from noncollision incidents

Nontraffic deaths(a)

3

Pedestrians

Other Motor Vehicles

Railroad trains

Streetcars

Bicyclists

Animal-drawn vehicle or animal

Fixed objects

4

5

6

1913

4,200

(b)

(c)

7

1914

4,700

(b)

(c)

8

1915

6,600

(b)

(c)

9

1916

8,200

(b)

(c)

10

1917

10,200

(b)

(c)

11

1918

10,700

(b)

(c)

12

1919

11,200

(b)

(c)

13

1920

12,500

(b)

(c)

14

1921

13,900

(b)

(c)

15

1922

15,300

(b)

(c)

16

1923

18,400

(b)

(c)

17

1924

19,400

(b)

1,130

410

(b)

(c)

18

1925

21,900

(b)

1,410

560

(b)

(c)

19

1926

23,400

(b)

1,730

520

(b)

(c)

20

1927

25,800

10,820

3,430

1,830

520

(b)

(c)

21

1928

28,000

11,420

4,310

2,140

570

(b)

540

8,070

(c)

22

1929

31,200

12,250

5,400

2,050

530

(b)

620

9,380

(c)

23

1930

32,900

12,900

5,880

1,830

480

(b)

720

9,970

(c)

24

1931

33,700

13,370

6,820

1,710

440

(b)

870

6,570

(c)

25

1932

29,500

11,490

6,070

1,520

320

350

400

800

8,500

(c)

26

1933

31,363

12,840

6,470

1,437

318

400

310

900

8,680

(c)

27

1934

36,101

14,480

8,110

1,457

332

500

360

1,040

9,820

(c)

28

1935

36,369

14,350

8,750

1,587

253

450

250

1,010

9,720

(c)

29

1936

38,089

15,250

9,500

1,697

269

650

250

1,060

9,410

(c)

30

1937

39,463

15,500

10,320

1,810

264

700

200

1,160

9,690

(c)

31

1938

32,582

12,850

8,900

1,490

165

720

170

940

7,350

(c)

32

1939

32,386

12,400

8,700

1,330

150

710

200

1,000

7,900

(c)

33

1940

34,501

12,700

10,100

1,707

132

750

210

1,100

7,800

(c)

34

1941

39,969

13,550

12,500

1,840

118

910

250

1,350

9,450

(c)

35

1942

28,309

10,650

7,300

1,754

124

650

240

850

6,740

(c)

36

1943

23,823

9,900

5,300

1,448

171

450

160

700

5,690

(c)

37

1944

24,282

9,900

5,700

1,663

175

400

140

700

5,600

(c)

38

1945

28,076

11,000

7,150

1,703

163

500

130

800

6,600

(c)

39

1946

33,411

11,600

9,400

1,703

174

450

130

950

8,900

(c)

40

1947

32,697

10,450

9,900

1,736

102

550

150

1,000

8,800

(c)

41

1948

32,259

9,950

10,200

1,474

83

500

100

1,000

8,950

(c)

42

1949

31,701

8,800

10,500

1,452

56

550

140

1,100

9,100

838

43

1950

34,763

9,000

11,650

1,541

89

440

120

1,300

10,600

900

44

1951

36,996

9,150

13,100

1,573

46

390

100

1,400

11,200

966

45

1952

37,794

8,900

13,500

1,429

32

430

130

1,450

11,900

970

46

1953

37,956

8,750

13,400

1,506

26

420

120

1,500

12,200

1,026

47

1954

35,586

8,000

12,800

1,289

28

380

90

1,500

11,500

1,004

48

1955

38,426

8,200

14,500

1,490

15

410

90

1,600

12,100

989

49

1956

39,628

7,900

15,200

1,377

11

440

100

1,600

13,000

888

50

1957

38,702

7,850

15,400

1,376

13

460

80

1,700

11,800

1,016

51

1958

36,981

7,650

14,200

1,316

9

450

80

1,650

11,600

929

52

1959

37,910

7,850

14,900

1,202

6

480

70

1,600

11,800

948

53

1960

38,137

7,850

14,800

1,368

5

460

80

1,700

11,900

995

54

1961

38,091

7,650

14,700

1,267

5

490

80

1,700

12,200

1,065

55

1962

40,804

7,900

16,400

1,245

3

500

90

1,750

12,900

1,029

56

1963

43,564

8,200

17,600

1,385

10

580

80

1,900

13,800

990

57

1964

47,700

9,000

19,600

1,580

5

710

100

2,100

14,600

1,123

58

1965

49,163

8,900

20,800

1,556

5

680

120

2,200

14,900

1,113

59

1966

53,041

9,400

22,200

1,800

2

740

100

2,500

16,300

1,108

60

1967

52,924

9,400

22,000

1,620

3

750

100

2,350

16,700

1,165

61

1968

54,862

9,900

22,400

1,570

4

790

100

2,700

17,400

1,061

62

1969

55,791

10,100

23,700

1,495

2

800

100

3,900(d)

15,700(d)

1,155

63

1970

54,633

9,900

23,200

1,459

3

780

100

3,800

15,400

1,140

64

1971

54,381

9,900

23,100

1,378

2

800

100

3,800

15,300

1,015

65

1972

56,278

10,300

23,900

1,260

2

1,000

100

3,900

15,800

1,064

66

1973

55,511

10,200

23,600

1,194

2

1,000

100

3,800

15,600

1,164

67

1974

46,402

8,500

19,400

1,209

1

1,000

100

3,100

12,800

1,088

68

1975

45,853

8,400

19,550

979

1

1,000

100

3,130

12,700

1,033

69

1976

47,038

8,600

20,100

1,033

2

1,000

100

3,200

13,000

1,026

70

1977

49,510

9,100

21,200

902

3

1,100

100

3,400

13,700

1,053

71

1978

52,411

9,600

22,400

986

1

1,200

100

3,600

14,500

1,074

72

1979

53,524

9,800

23,100

826

1

1,200

100

3,700

14,800

1,271

73

1980

53,172

9,700

23,000

739

1

1,200

100

3,700

14,700

1,242

74

1981

51,385

9,400

22,200

668

1

1,200

100

3,600

14,200

1,189

75

1982

45,779

8,400

19,800

554

1

1,100

100

3,200

12,600

1,066

76

1983

44,452

8,200

19,200

520

1

1,100

100

3,100

12,200

1,024

77

1984

46,263

8,500

20,000

630

0

1,100

100

3,200

12,700

1,055

78

1985

45,901

8,500

19,900

538

2

1,100

100

3,200

12,600

1,079

79

1986

47,865

8,900

20,800

574

2

1,100

100

3,300

13,100

998

80

1987

48,290

7,500(e)

20,700

554

1

1,000(e)

100

13,200(e)

5,200(e)

993

81

1988

49,078

7,700

20,900

638

2

1,000

100

13,400

5,300

1,054

82

1989

47,575

7,800

20,300

720

2

900

100

12,900

4,900

989

83

1990

46,814

7,300

19,900

623

2

900

100

13,100

4,900

987

84

1991

43,536

6,600

18,200

541

1

800

100

12,600

4,700

915

85

1992

40,982

6,300

17,600

521

2

700

100

11,700

4,100

997

86

1993

41,893

6,400

18,300

553

3

800

100

11,500

4,200

994

87

1994

42,524

6,300

18,900

549

1

800

100

11,500

4,400

1,017

88

1995

43,363

6,400

19,000

514

(c)

800

100

12,100

4,400

1,032

89

1996

43,649

6,100

19,600

373

(c)

800

100

12,100

4,600

1,127

90

1997

43,458

5,900

19,900

371

(c)

800

100

12,000

4,400

1,118

91

1998

43,501

5,900

19,700

309

(c)

700

100

12,200

4,600

1,310

92

1999

42,401

6,100

18,600

314

1

800

100

11,800

4,700

1,436

93

2000

43,354

5,900

19,100

321

(c)

800

100

12,300

4,800

1,360

94

2001

43,788

6,100

18,800

324

3

800

100

12,800

4,900

1,345

95

2002

45,380

6,100

19,200

283

(c)

800

100

13,600

5,300

1,315

96

2003

44,757

6,000

19,300

245

(c)

800

100

13,100

5,200

1,417

97

2004

44,933

6,000

19,600

253

(c)

900

100

13,000

5,100

1,501

98

2005

45,343

6,100

19,000

250

(c)

1,000

100

13,600

5,300

1,676

99

2006

45,316

6,200

18,500

264

(c)

1,000

100

13,900

5,400

1,652

100

2007

43,945

6,000

17,700

211

(c)

900

100

13,800

5,200

1,914

101

2008

39,790

5,600

15,500

199

(c)

900

100

12,900

4,600

1,805

102

2009

36,216

5,300

14,100

154

(c)

800

100

11,700

4,100

1,731

103

2010

35,332

5,500

13,600

139

(c)

800

100

11,300

3,900

1,645

104

2011

35,303

5,700

13,500

139

(c)

900

100

11,200

3,800

1,520

105

2012

36,415

6,100

13,900

132

(c)

1,000

100

11,500

3,700

1,480

106

2013

35,369

6,000

13,700

136

(c)

1,000

100

11,000

3,400

1,565

107

2014

35,398

6,300

13,900

144

(c)

1,000

100

10,700

3,300

1,662

108

2015

37,757

6,700

15,300

110

(c)

1,100

100

10,900

3,500

1,596

109

2016

40,327

7,400

16,500

128

(c)

1,100

100

11,300

3,800

1,579

110

2017

40,231

7,500

16,900

146

(c)

1,100

100

11,100

3,400

1,572

111

2018

39,404

7,700

16,600

127

(c)

1,100

100

10,500

3,300

1,413

112

2019

39,107

7,700

16,600

117

(c)

1,100

100

10,400

3,100

1,512

113

2020

42,339

8,000

17,700

88

(c)

1,400

100

11,800

3,300

1,641

114

2021

46,980

9,100

20,200

111

(c)

1,400

100

12,600

3,500

1,576

115

Changes in deaths

116

2012 to 2021

29%

49%

45%

-16%

40%

0%

10%

-5%

6%

117

2020 to 2021

11%

14%

26%

0%

7%

6%

-4%

118

Source: Total deaths from National Center for Health Statistics except 1964 which are National Safety Council estimates based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Most totals by type are estimated and may not add to the total deaths. See the Technical Appendix for comparability.

119

120

(a) A motor-vehicle nontraffic incident is any motor-vehicle incident that occurs entirely in any place other than a trafficway. Nontraffic deaths are included in appropriate incident-type totals in the table.

121

122

(b) Insufficient data for approximations.

123

(c) Data not available.

124

(d) 1969 through 1986 totals are not comparable to previous years.

125

(e) Procedures and benchmarks for estimating deaths for certain types of incidents were changed for the 1990 edition. Estimates for 1987 and later years are not comparable to earlier years.

126