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Traffic Safety Facts 2021 Data: Passenger Vehicles
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2023-06-01
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Edition:Traffic Safety Facts, June 2023 (Revised)
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Abstract:In 2021 there were 26,325 passenger vehicle occupants who died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 10-percent increase from 23,914 in 2020. An estimated 2,092,541 passenger vehicle occupants were injured, a 10-percent increase from 1,907,011 in 2020. Passenger vehicles made up 92 percent of registered vehicles and accounted for 88 percent of total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2021. There were 61,322 vehicles involved in fatal traffic crashes in 2021, of which 76 percent (46,822) were passenger vehicles. In 2021 the traffic fatality rate per 100,000 registered vehicles continued to be the highest for passenger car occupants (12.53), followed by pickup occupants (8.59), SUV occupants (7.04), and van occupants (6.88). Among the passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2021 in motor vehicle traffic crashes, 51 percent were passenger car occupants and 49 percent were light-truck occupants. This fact sheet contains the following information on passenger vehicles: registration data; fatal passenger car and light-truck, two-vehicle crashes; restraint use; ejection; rollover; alcohol, speeding; behavioral factors; and data by state.
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