Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Summary of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash data
  • Fatalities
  • Traffic crashes
  • Traffic safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 643
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Traffic Safety Facts
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  In 2022 there were an estimated 5,930,496 police-reported traffic crashes in which 42,514 people were killed and an estimated 2,382,771 people were injured. Compared to 2021 there was a 1.7-percent decrease in the number of traffic fatalities, and a 4.6-percent decrease in the estimated number of people injured in 2022. The estimated number of police-reported traffic crashes decreased by 2.8 percent. One person was killed every 12 minutes and an estimated 5 people injured every minute in traffic crashes in 2022. This fact sheet for 2022 covers the following information: ten-year trends; traffic safety fact sheets; data by state; behavior; people; vehicles; crash locations; and economic costs for all traffic crashes.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78154/dot_78154_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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