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Traffic Safety Facts 2018 Data: Rural/Urban Comparison of Traffic Fatalities
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2020-05-01
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Edition:Traffic Safety Facts
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Abstract:For this fact sheet, rural and urban boundaries are determined by the State highway departments and approved by the Federal Highway Administration. The State highway departments use the boundaries decided by the Census Bureau. In this fact sheet for 2018, the information about rural and urban traffic fatalities is presented as follows: Overview; Environmental Characteristics; Speeding; Drivers; Alcohol; Restraint Use; Rollover Crashes; Nonoccupants; Fatalities by State. This fact sheet contains information on fatal motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Of the 36,560 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2018 there were 16,411 (45%) that occurred in rural areas, 19,498 (53%) that occurred in urban areas, and 651 (2%) that occurred in unknown areas. According to the 2018 American Community Survey from the Census Bureau, an estimated 19 percent of the U.S. population lived in rural areas, and according to FHWA only 30 percent of the total vehicle miles traveled in 2018 were in rural areas. However, rural areas accounted for 45 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2018.
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