Traffic fatalities
People 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.
A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
Key facts
- Traffic fatalities in the United States was 39,254 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- Texas had the highest traffic fatalities of 51 states in 2024, at 4,160, and District of Columbia the lowest, at 47. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- Published for 3,184 places, with figures from 1975 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
- Counties in Tennessee
US states by traffic fatalities, 2024
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Yakima County
- Richmond County
- Yolo County
- Sacramento County
- Ventura County
- Dakota County
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest traffic fatalities? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"traffic_fatalities","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=traffic_fatalities&level=region&within=United%20States