# Traffic fatalities in Missouri

Traffic fatalities in Missouri was 955 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-29`
- 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/missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-29

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 955 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 991 |
| 2022 | 1,057 |
| 2021 | 1,016 |
| 2020 | 987 |
| 2019 | 881 |
| 2018 | 921 |
| 2017 | 932 |
| 2016 | 947 |
| 2015 | 870 |
| 2014 | 766 |
| 2013 | 757 |
| 2012 | 826 |
| 2011 | 786 |
| 2010 | 821 |
| 2009 | 878 |
| 2008 | 960 |
| 2007 | 992 |
| 2006 | 1,096 |
| 2005 | 1,257 |
| 2004 | 1,130 |
| 2003 | 1,232 |
| 2002 | 1,208 |
| 2001 | 1,098 |
| 2000 | 1,157 |
| 1999 | 1,094 |
| 1998 | 1,169 |
| 1997 | 1,192 |
| 1996 | 1,148 |
| 1995 | 1,109 |
| 1994 | 1,089 |
| 1993 | 947 |
| 1992 | 985 |
| 1991 | 1,011 |
| 1990 | 1,097 |
| 1989 | 1,052 |
| 1988 | 1,103 |
| 1987 | 1,045 |
| 1986 | 1,129 |
| 1985 | 931 |
| 1984 | 967 |
| 1983 | 911 |
| 1982 | 890 |
| 1981 | 1,034 |
| 1980 | 1,175 |
| 1979 | 1,147 |
| 1978 | 1,190 |
| 1977 | 1,181 |
| 1976 | 1,187 |
| 1975 | 1,045 |