Fatality Facts
41,059 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2007.
The Institute publishes statistical facts about the motor vehicle safety picture in 2007, the most recent year for which fatality data are available.
Fatality Facts are updated once a year, when the US Department of Transportation releases data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Archive data for 2006 and 2005 is also available.
Alcohol | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Bicycles | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Children | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Gender | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
General | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Large trucks | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Motorcycles | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Occupants of cars, pickups, SUVs, and vans | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Older people | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Pedestrians | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Roadside hazards | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
State by state | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Teenagers | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |