# Traffic fatalities in Minnesota

Traffic fatalities in Minnesota was 477 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-27`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), 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: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), 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/traffic-fatalities/minnesota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-27

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 477 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 402 |
| 2022 | 444 |
| 2021 | 488 |
| 2020 | 394 |
| 2019 | 364 |
| 2018 | 381 |
| 2017 | 358 |
| 2016 | 392 |
| 2015 | 411 |
| 2014 | 361 |
| 2013 | 387 |
| 2012 | 395 |
| 2011 | 368 |
| 2010 | 411 |
| 2009 | 421 |
| 2008 | 455 |
| 2007 | 510 |
| 2006 | 494 |
| 2005 | 559 |
| 2004 | 567 |
| 2003 | 655 |
| 2002 | 657 |
| 2001 | 568 |
| 2000 | 625 |
| 1999 | 626 |
| 1998 | 650 |
| 1997 | 600 |
| 1996 | 576 |
| 1995 | 597 |
| 1994 | 646 |
| 1993 | 538 |
| 1992 | 581 |
| 1991 | 531 |
| 1990 | 566 |
| 1989 | 604 |
| 1988 | 612 |
| 1987 | 530 |
| 1986 | 571 |
| 1985 | 608 |
| 1984 | 582 |
| 1983 | 555 |
| 1982 | 571 |
| 1981 | 753 |
| 1980 | 848 |
| 1979 | 867 |
| 1978 | 962 |
| 1977 | 837 |
| 1976 | 802 |
| 1975 | 754 |