Motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States, providing an unprecedented degree of mobility. Yet for all its advantages, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for age 4 and every age 11 through 27 (based on 2009 data). The mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is to reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses from motor vehicle crashes. In 2012, 33,561 people were killed (Table 1) in the estimated 5,615,000 police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes; 2,362,000 people were injured; and 3,950,000 crashes resulted in property damage only. Compared to 2011, this is a 3.3-percent increase in the number of fatalities, and a 5.2-percent increase in the number of police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 6.5-percent increase in the number of people injured, and a 4.6-percent increase in crashes resulting in property damage.
Traffic Safety Facts 2012 Data
2014
12 pages
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Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Mathematical Sciences , Computers, Control & Information Theory , Information Systems , Traffic safety , Motor vehicle accident , School buses , Accident statistics , Fatalities , Injuries , Occupants , Children , Pedestrians , Impact , Drivers , Statistical data , Tables(Data) , Passengers , United States , Data compilation
Large Trucks. Traffic Safety Facts, 2012 Data
NTIS | 2014
Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data
NTIS | 2013