IN 1956 we reached 37,000 plus deaths and continued to increase in deaths until they reached 53,543 in 1969. However, you have to factor in the Viet Nam War, national distress at the social revolution and the newly formed drug culture on college campuses everywhere into this equation. Now, we have reduced deaths from traffic accidents down to just over 35,000 once again.

However, almost no one wore seat belts or even had them in their cars or even if they had them they didn't wear them until the late 1980s by force of law. Even I had to get two traffic tickets for not wearing a selt belt before I started to wear them just to save money on traffic tickets for not wearing one.

However, the psychological damage done to children being forced to be imprisoned for long periods in car seats and sometimes left to die in the heat of a closed car by parents or caregivers is sickening to all who contemplate it.

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List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year - Wikipedia

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Jump to detailed statistics and death - In 2014, 32,675 people were killed in 29,989 crashes, an average of 96 per day. In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes (30,296 fatal crashes), killing 32,999 and injuring 2,239,000, and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every year due to traffic collisions.

List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year

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Motor vehicle deaths in the US since 1900

Annual US traffic fatalities per billion vehicle miles traveled (red) and miles traveled (blue) from 1921 to 2015.

$U.S. traffic deaths as fraction of total population 1900-2010.png$

The table below is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the United States by year. In 2014, 32,675 people were killed in 29,989 crashes, an average of 96^[1] per day.
In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes (30,296 fatal crashes), killing 32,999 and injuring 2,239,000,^[2] and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every year due to traffic collisions.^[3] Records indicate that there has been a total of 3,613,732 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States from 1899 to 2013.
Nonetheless, the number of deaths, and deaths relative to the total population, has declined over the last two decades. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years (1949). Note: US motor death statistics reported by government only include those on public roads, they do not include parking lots, driveways and private roads.^[4]

Motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year

Year	Deaths	Vehicle miles travelled (billions)	Fatalities per 100 million VMT	Population	Fatalities per 100,000 population	Change (in percent)
1899	26^[5]
1900	36			76,094,000	0.047	NA
1901	54			77,584,000	0.070	47.12%
1902	79			79,163,000	0.100	43.38%
1903	117			80,632,000	0.145	45.40%
1904	172			82,166,000	0.209	44.26%
1905	252			83,822,000	0.301	43.62%
1906	338			85,450,000	0.396	31.57%
1907	581			87,008,000	0.668	68.82%
1908	751			88,710,000	0.847	26.78%
1909	1,174			90,490,000	1.297	53.25%
1910	1,599			92,407,000	1.730	33.38%
1911	2,043			93,863,000	2.177	25.79%
1912	2,968			95,335,000	3.113	43.03%
1913	4,079			97,225,000	4.195	34.76%
1914	4,468			99,111,000	4.508	7.45%
1915	6,779			100,546,000	6.742	49.56%
1916	7,766			101,961,000	7.617	12.97%
1917	9,630			103,268,000	9.325	22.43%
1918	10,390			103,208,000	10.067	7.95%
1919	10,896			104,514,000	10.425	3.56%
1920	12,155			106,461,000	11.417	9.51%
1921	13,253	55.03	24.09	108,538,000	12.210	6.95%
1922	14,859	67.70	21.95	110,049,000	13.502	10.58%
1923	17,870	85.00	21.03	111,947,000	15.963	18.22%
1924	18,400	104.84	17.55	114,109,000	16.125	1.01%
1925	20,771	122.35	16.98	115,829,000	17.932	11.21%
1926	22,194	140.74	15.77	117,397,000	18.905	5.42%
1927	24,470	158.45	15.44	119,035,000	20.557	8.74%
1928	26,557	172.86	15.36	120,509,000	22.037	7.20%
1929	29,592	197.72	14.97	121,767,000	24.302	10.28%
1930	31,204	206.32	15.12	123,076,741	25.353	4.33%
1931	31,963	216.15	14.79	124,039,648	25.768	1.64%
1932	27,979	200.52	13.95	124,840,471	22.412	-13.03%
1933	29,746	200.64	14.83	125,578,763	23.687	5.69%
1934	34,240	215.56	15.88	126,373,773	27.094	14.38%
1935	34,494	228.57	15.09	127,250,232	27.107	0.05%
1936	36,126	252.13	14.33	128,053,180	28.212	4.07%
1937	37,819	270.11	14.00	128,824,829	29.357	4.06%
1938	31,083	271.18	11.46	129,824,939	23.942	-18.44%
1939	30,895	285.40	10.83	130,879,718	23.606	-1.41%
1940	32,914	302.19	10.89	132,122,446	24.912	5.53%
1941	38,142	333.61	11.43	133,402,471	28.592	14.77%
1942	27,007	268.22	10.07	134,859,553	20.026	-29.96%
1943	22,727	208.19	10.92	136,739,353	16.621	-17.00%
1944	23,165	212.71	10.89	138,397,345	16.738	0.71%
1945	26,785	250.17	10.71	139,928,165	19.142	14.36%
1946	31,874	340.88	9.35	141,388,566	22.544	17.77%
1947	31,193	370.89	8.41	144,126,071	21.643	-4.00%
1948	30,775	397.96	7.73	146,631,302	20.988	-3.03%
1949	30,246	424.46	7.13	149,188,130	20.274	-3.40%
1950	33,186	458.25	7.24	152,271,417	21.794	7.50%
1951	35,309	491.09	7.19	154,877,889	22.798	4.61%
1952	36,088	513.58	7.03	157,552,740	22.905	0.47%
1953	36,190	544.43	6.65	160,184,192	22.593	-1.36%
1954	33,890	561.96	6.03	163,025,854	20.788	-7.99%
1955	36,688	605.65	6.06	165,931,202	22.110	6.36%
1956	37,965	627.84	6.05	168,903,031	22.477	1.66%
1957	36,932	647.00	5.71	171,984,130	21.474	-4.46%
1958	35,331	664.65	5.32	174,881,904	20.203	-5.92%
1959	36,223	700.48	5.17	177,829,628	20.369	0.83%
1960	36,399	718.76	5.06	180,671,158	20.147	-1.09%
1961	36,285	737.42	4.92	183,691,481	19.753	-1.95%
1962	38,980	766.73	5.08	186,537,737	20.897	5.79%
1963	41,723	805.25	5.18	189,241,798	22.047	5.51%
1964	45,645	846.30	5.39	191,888,791	23.787	7.89%
1965	47,089	887.81	5.30	194,302,963	24.235	1.88%
1966	50,894	925.90	5.50	196,560,338	25.892	6.84%
1967	50,724	964.01	5.26	198,712,056	25.526	-1.41%
1968	52,725	1,015.87	5.19	200,706,052	26.270	2.91%
1969	53,543	1,061.79	5.04	202,676,946	26.418	0.56%
1970	52,627	1,109.72	4.74	205,052,174	25.665	-2.85%
1971	52,542	1,178.81	4.46	207,660,677	25.302	-1.42%
1972	54,589	1,259.79	4.33	209,896,021	26.008	2.79%
1973	54,052	1,313.11	4.12	211,908,788	25.507	-1.92%
1974	45,196	1,280.54	3.53	213,853,928	21.134	-17.14%
1975	44,525	1,327.66	3.35	215,973,199	20.616	-2.45%
1976	45,523	1,402.38	3.25	218,035,164	20.879	1.27%
1977	47,878	1,467.03	3.26	220,239,425	21.739	4.12%
1978	50,331	1,544.70	3.26	222,584,545	22.612	4.02%
1979	51,093	1,529.13	3.34	225,055,487	22.702	0.40%
1980	51,091	1,527.30	3.35	227,224,681	22.485	-0.96%
1981	49,301	1,552.80	3.18	229,465,714	21.485	-4.45%
1982	43,945	1,595.01	2.76	231,664,458	18.969	-11.71%
1983	42,589	1,652.79	2.58	233,791,994	18.217	-3.97%
1984	44,257	1,720.27	2.57	235,824,902	18.767	3.02%
1985	43,825	1,774.18	2.47	237,923,795	18.420	-1.85%
1986	46,087	1,834.87	2.51	240,132,887	19.192	4.19%
1987	46,390	1,921.20	2.42	242,288,918	19.147	-0.24%
1988	47,087	2,025.96	2.32	244,498,982	19.259	0.58%
1989	45,582	2,096.46	2.17	246,819,230	18.468	-4.11%
1990	44,599	2,144.36	2.08	249,464,396	17.878	-3.19%
1991	41,508	2,172.05	1.91	252,153,092	16.461	-7.92%
1992	39,250	2,247.15	1.75	255,029,699	15.390	-6.51%
1993	40,150	2,296.38	1.75	257,782,608	15.575	1.20%
1994	40,716	2,358	1.73	260,327,021	15.6403	0.42%
1995	41,817	2,423	1.73	262,803,276	15.9119	1.74%
1996	42,065	2,486	1.69	265,228,572	15.8599	-0.33%
1997	42,013	2,562	1.64	267,783,607	15.6892	-1.08%
1998	41,501	2,632	1.58	270,248,003	15.3566	-2.12%
1999	41,717	2,691	1.55	272,690,813	15.2983	-0.38%
2000	41,945	2,747	1.53	282,216,952	14.8627	-2.85%
2001^[2]	42,196	2,797	1.51	285,226,284	14.794	-0.46%
2002	43,005	2,856	1.51	288,125,973	14.926	0.89%
2003	42,884	2,890	1.48	290,796,023	14.747	-1.75%
2004	42,836	2,965	1.44	293,638,158	14.588	-0.52%
2005	43,510	2,989	1.46	296,507,061	14.674	0.44%
2006	42,708	3,014	1.42	299,398,484	14.265	-2.79%
2007	41,259	3,031	1.36	301,139,947	13.701	-3.85%
2008	37,423	2,977	1.26	303,824,640	12.317	-11.0%
2009	33,883	2,957	1.15	306,700,000	11.048	-9.7%
2010^[2]	32,999	2,967	1.11	309,326,000	10.668	-3.5%
2011^[6]	32,479	2,950	1.10	311,588,000	10.424	-2.3%
2012^[7]	33,561	2,969	1.13	313,914,000	10.691	2.6%
2013	32,719	2,988	1.10	316,129,000	10.345	-3.3%
2014	32,675	3,026	1.08	318,860,000	10.25	-0.9%
2015	35,092	3,147.8	1.12	321,370,000	11.324	10.5%

2010 detailed statistics and death

The following table summarizes the number of people killed and injured in fatal collisions by month in 2010. The table does not include injuries resulting from incidents in which no fatalities occurred.^[8]

Month	Fatalities	In-vehicle casualties (excluding uninjured bus occupants)	Non-vehicle casualties (including pedestrians)
2010-01	2290	4785	427
2010-02	2016	4340	386
2010-03	2423	5087	407
2010-04	2777	5775	404
2010-05	2934	6066	418
2010-06	2795	5809	348
2010-07	3095	6763	456
2010-08	3083	6549	428
2010-09	3024	6309	511
2010-10	3056	6382	543
2010-11	2795	5842	573
2010-12	2597	5417	548

References

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812384

"FARS 2010". National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

External links

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) at NHTSA
"Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities & Fatality Rate: 1899 - 2003]" (PDF). Safe Roads. 2004.
Badger, Emily; Ingraham, Christopher (Oct 1, 2015). "The hidden inequality of who dies in car crashes". The Washington Post.

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'Fatality Analysis Reporting System' 2010, fars.NHTSA.dot.gov Retrieved July 3, 2014

Dow Chang. "Comparison of Crash Fatalities by Sex and Age Group". nhtsa.dot.gov.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/2016-traffic-deaths-jump-to-highest-level-in-10934306.php

"U.S. Highway Deaths Decline 2.9%, Falling for Fifth Year". Bloomberg. December 8, 2011.

'Fatality Analysis Reporting System' 2011, fars.NHTSA.dot.gov Retrieved July 3, 2014

'Fatality Analysis Reporting System' 2012, fars.NHTSA.dot.gov Retrieved July 3, 2014

Intuitive fred888

Monday, September 18, 2017

How many people die in traffic accidents every year in the U.S.? I was surprised most by 1956 through 2008

However, the psychological damage done to children being forced to be imprisoned for long periods in car seats and sometimes left to die in the heat of a closed car by parents or caregivers is sickening to all who contemplate it.

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