# Pedestrian fatalities in United States

Pedestrian fatalities in United States was 7,080 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `pedestrian_fatalities`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Pedestrians killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: Counts people coded as pedestrians only. Cyclists and people on personal conveyances such as wheelchairs or skateboards are not included, as in NHTSA's published pedestrian totals.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: pedestrians killed (person.csv, PER_TYP pedestrian and INJ_SEV 4), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: pedestrians killed (person.csv, PER_TYP pedestrian and INJ_SEV 4), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/pedestrian-fatalities/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=pedestrian_fatalities&place=us

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 7,080 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 7,367 |
| 2022 | 7,593 |
| 2021 | 7,470 |
| 2020 | 6,565 |
| 2019 | 6,272 |
| 2018 | 6,374 |
| 2017 | 6,075 |
| 2016 | 6,080 |
| 2015 | 5,494 |
| 2014 | 4,910 |
| 2013 | 4,779 |
| 2012 | 4,818 |
| 2011 | 4,457 |
| 2010 | 4,302 |
| 2009 | 4,109 |
| 2008 | 4,414 |
| 2007 | 4,699 |
| 2006 | 4,795 |
| 2005 | 4,892 |
| 2004 | 4,675 |
| 2003 | 4,774 |
| 2002 | 4,851 |
| 2001 | 4,901 |
| 2000 | 4,763 |
| 1999 | 4,939 |
| 1998 | 5,228 |
| 1997 | 5,321 |
| 1996 | 5,449 |
| 1995 | 5,584 |
| 1994 | 5,489 |
| 1993 | 5,649 |
| 1992 | 5,549 |
| 1991 | 5,801 |
| 1990 | 6,482 |
| 1989 | 6,556 |
| 1988 | 6,870 |
| 1987 | 6,745 |
| 1986 | 6,779 |
| 1985 | 6,808 |
| 1984 | 7,025 |
| 1983 | 6,826 |
| 1982 | 7,331 |
| 1981 | 7,837 |
| 1980 | 8,070 |
| 1979 | 8,096 |
| 1978 | 7,795 |
| 1977 | 7,732 |
| 1976 | 7,427 |
| 1975 | 7,516 |