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Fifty-seven percent of fatal traffic crashes in 2022 involved only one vehicle.
[Crashes 2022]
The percent of alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities has declined from 48 percent in 1982 to 32 percent in 2022.
[Trends 2022]
Per 100,000 population, people 21 to 24 years old had the highest fatality rate in 2022. Children 5 to 9 years old had the lowest fatality rate.
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	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
Fatal Crashes	39,221	39,785	35,935	33,487	33,919	34,560	34,748	32,538	30,056	30,202	31,006	29,867	30,296	30,862	34,172	37,435	38,648	39,252	38,444	38,477	38,491	37,862	37,526	37,140	37,107	37,324	37,494	37,241	36,254
Traffic Crash Fatalities
Vehicle Occupants
Drivers	20,908	21,716	19,552	17,984	18,321	18,819	18,717	17,615	16,470	16,520	16,838	16,474	16,864	17,670	19,279	21,717	22,831	23,237	23,158	23,352	23,625	22,914	22,914	22,971	22,654	22,730	22,572	22,370	21,596
Passengers	6,393	6,580	6,011	5,846	5,962	6,237	6,485	6,213	5,766	5,896	6,106	5,972	6,451	6,793	7,441	8,716	9,187	9,750	10,042	10,171	10,370	10,227	10,451	10,325	10,327	10,765	10,860	10,576	10,294
Unknown	43	43	54	61	49	74	74	71	71	67	73	64	56	63	71	94	101	83	76	104	110	102	86	96	107	114	102	118	108
Sub Total1	27,344	28,339	25,617	23,891	24,332	25,130	25,276	23,899	22,307	22,483	23,017	22,510	23,371	24,526	26,791	30,527	32,119	33,070	33,276	33,627	34,105	33,243	33,451	33,392	33,088	33,609	33,534	33,064	31,998
Motorcyclists	6,218	6,143	5,620	5,044	5,038	5,226	5,337	5,029	4,594	4,692	4,986	4,630	4,518	4,469	5,312	5,174	4,837	4,576	4,028	3,714	3,270	3,197	2,897	2,483	2,294	2,116	2,161	2,227	2,320
Nonmotorists
Pedestrians	7,522	7,470	6,565	6,272	6,374	6,075	6,080	5,494	4,910	4,779	4,818	4,457	4,302	4,109	4,414	4,699	4,795	4,892	4,675	4,774	4,851	4,901	4,763	4,939	5,228	5,321	5,449	5,584	5,489
Pedalcyclists	1,105	976	948	859	871	806	853	829	729	749	734	682	623	628	718	701	772	786	727	629	665	732	693	754	760	814	765	833	802
Other/ Unknown	325	302	257	289	220	236	260	233	204	190	227	200	185	151	188	158	185	186	130	140	114	123	141	149	131	153	154	109	107
Sub Total2	8,952	8,748	7,770	7,420	7,465	7,117	7,193	6,556	5,843	5,718	5,779	5,339	5,110	4,888	5,320	5,558	5,752	5,864	5,532	5,543	5,630	5,756	5,597	5,842	6,119	6,288	6,368	6,526	6,398
Total*	42,514	43,230	39,007	36,355	36,835	37,473	37,806	35,484	32,744	32,893	33,782	32,479	32,999	33,883	37,423	41,259	42,708	43,510	42,836	42,884	43,005	42,196	41,945	41,717	41,501	42,013	42,065	41,817	40,716
Other National Statistics
Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions)	3,196	3,132	2,904	3,262	3,240	3,210	3,174	3,090	3,020	2,983	2,963	2,945	2,967	2,957	2,977	3,031	3,014	2,989	2,965	2,890	2,856	2,796	2,747	2,690	2,628	2,552	2,484	2,423	2,358
Resident Population (Thousands)	333,288	332,032	331,512	328,330	326,838	325,122	323,072	320,739	318,386	316,060	313,878	311,583	309,327	306,772	304,094	301,231	298,380	295,517	292,805	290,108	287,625	284,969	282,162	272,691	270,248	267,784	265,229	262,803	260,327
Registered Vehicles (Thousands)	303,529	302,634	297,101	299,267	297,036	290,336	288,034	281,312	274,805	269,294	265,647	265,043	257,312	258,958	259,360	257,472	251,415	245,628	237,949	230,633	225,685	221,230	217,028	212,685	208,076	203,568	201,631	197,065	192,497
Licensed Drivers (Thousands)	235,086	232,782	228,196	228,916	227,558	225,346	221,712	218,084	214,092	212,160	211,815	211,875	210,115	209,618	208,321	205,742	202,810	200,549	198,889	196,166	194,602	191,276	190,625	187,170	184,861	182,709	179,539	176,628	175,403
National Rates: Fatalities
Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	1.33	1.38	1.34	1.11	1.14	1.17	1.19	1.15	1.08	1.10	1.14	1.10	1.11	1.15	1.26	1.36	1.42	1.46	1.44	1.48	1.51	1.51	1.53	1.55	1.58	1.65	1.69	1.73	1.73
Fatalities per 100,000 Population	12.76	13.02	11.77	11.07	11.27	11.53	11.70	11.06	10.28	10.41	10.76	10.42	10.67	11.05	12.31	13.70	14.31	14.72	14.63	14.78	14.95	14.81	14.87	15.30	15.36	15.69	15.86	15.91	15.64
Fatalities per 100,000 Registered Vehicles	14.01	14.28	13.13	12.15	12.40	12.91	13.13	12.61	11.92	12.21	12.72	12.25	12.82	13.08	14.43	16.02	16.99	17.71	18.00	18.59	19.06	19.07	19.33	19.61	19.95	20.64	20.86	21.22	21.15
Fatalities per 100,000 Licensed Drivers	18.08	18.57	17.09	15.88	16.19	16.63	17.05	16.27	15.29	15.50	15.95	15.33	15.71	16.16	17.96	20.05	21.06	21.70	21.54	21.86	22.10	22.06	22.00	22.29	22.45	22.99	23.43	23.68	23.21

* Total fatalities for 1996 include 2 fatalities of unknown person type.
Starting in 2022, people on motorized bicycles are classified as pedalcyclists instead of motorcyclists.

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