# Traffic fatalities in Pennsylvania

Traffic fatalities in Pennsylvania was 1,127 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-42`
- 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/pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-42

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,127 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,211 |
| 2022 | 1,179 |
| 2021 | 1,230 |
| 2020 | 1,129 |
| 2019 | 1,059 |
| 2018 | 1,190 |
| 2017 | 1,137 |
| 2016 | 1,188 |
| 2015 | 1,200 |
| 2014 | 1,195 |
| 2013 | 1,210 |
| 2012 | 1,310 |
| 2011 | 1,286 |
| 2010 | 1,324 |
| 2009 | 1,256 |
| 2008 | 1,468 |
| 2007 | 1,491 |
| 2006 | 1,525 |
| 2005 | 1,616 |
| 2004 | 1,490 |
| 2003 | 1,577 |
| 2002 | 1,614 |
| 2001 | 1,532 |
| 2000 | 1,520 |
| 1999 | 1,549 |
| 1998 | 1,481 |
| 1997 | 1,557 |
| 1996 | 1,469 |
| 1995 | 1,480 |
| 1994 | 1,441 |
| 1993 | 1,529 |
| 1992 | 1,545 |
| 1991 | 1,661 |
| 1990 | 1,646 |
| 1989 | 1,877 |
| 1988 | 1,931 |
| 1987 | 1,987 |
| 1986 | 1,894 |
| 1985 | 1,771 |
| 1984 | 1,727 |
| 1983 | 1,721 |
| 1982 | 1,819 |
| 1981 | 2,029 |
| 1980 | 2,089 |
| 1979 | 2,153 |
| 1978 | 2,081 |
| 1977 | 2,067 |
| 1976 | 2,021 |
| 1975 | 2,078 |