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   How many fatal car accidents are there in the United States?

   • These crashes resulted in a total of 38,824 deaths. With so many fatalities occurring, Forbes Advisor calculated one fatal car accident occurs every 15 minutes in the United States. Sadly, the number of fatal accidents is on the rise.

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   What are the most common car crashes in the United States?

   • More common are crashes of two or more cars, or just one car crashing into an object like a tree, post, or storefront (something that happens with bizarre frequency in the US). Emergency workers investigate the scene of a car that crashed into pedestrians in New York’s Times Square on May 18, 2017. Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe via Getty Image

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   How many car crashes occur a year?

   • The average annual number of collisions on July 4 is 134. September 3rd is a close second in terms of deadliness, with an average of 128 fatal crashes occurring each year on that date. All car crashes can have serious and lasting consequences, but fatal crashes are especially catastrophic.

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   What percentage of car accidents are caused by speeding?

   • A total of 29% of all deadly car accidents occur as a result of speeding drivers. Motorists who go too fast accounted for 11,258 fatalities. Like drunk driving, speeding is more of a problem in some states than others. South Carolina is the highest-risk state for speed-related accidents.

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   Jan 23, 2023 · Check out these statistics on causes of car accidents and more. Car accidents are a fact of life. In 2020, a total of 35,766 fatal car accidents occurred on roadways across the United...

3. www.nhtsa.gov › press-releases › 2020-traffic-crashNHTSA Releases 2020 Traffic Crash Fatality Data | FARS | NHTSA

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   Mar 2, 2022 · In 45% of fatal crashes, the drivers of passenger vehicles were engaged in at least one of the following risky behaviors: speeding, alcohol impairment, or not wearing a seat belt.

4. www.iihs.org › topics › fatality-statisticsYearly snapshot - IIHS-HLDI

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   Yearly snapshot. Fatality Facts 2021Yearly snapshot. A total of 42,939 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021. The U.S. Department of Transportation's most recent estimate of the annual economic cost of crashes is $340 billion. 1. Contributing to the death toll are alcohol, speeding, lack of seat belt use and other problematic behaviors.

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6. www.theatlantic.com › ideas › archiveThe Deadly Myth That Human Error Causes Most Car Crashes

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   Nov 26, 2021 · American transportation departments, law-enforcement agencies, and news outlets frequently maintain that most crashes—indeed, 94 percent of them, according to the most widely circulated...

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   Sep 19, 2021 · Explainers. America’s car crash epidemic. Driving kills as many Americans each year as guns do. Experts say that’s preventable. by Marina Bolotnikova. Sep 19, 2021, 6:00 AM PDT. A passenger...

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   Mar 2, 2022 · Newsroom. NHTSA Releases 2020 Traffic Crash Data. Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Showing highest number of fatalities and highest fatality rate since 2007. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide.

9. www.nhtsa.gov › press-releases › early-estimate-2021NHTSA’s 2021 Estimate of Traffic Deaths Shows 16-Year High

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   May 17, 2022 · Pedestrian fatalities up 13% Fatalities in crashes involving at least one large truck up 13% Daytime fatalities up 11% Motorcyclist fatalities up 9% Bicyclist fatalities up 5% Fatalities in speeding-related crashes up 5% Fatalities in police-reported, alcohol-involvement crashes up 5%