Traffic Safety Facts 2021 Data: Summary of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

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Traffic Safety Facts 2021 Data: Summary of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
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Behavior Crash Data Fatalities Traffic Crashes Trend (Statistics)
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DOT HS 813 515
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Brief
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United States
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Traffic Safety Facts
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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In 2021 there were an estimated 6,102,936 police-reported traffic crashes in which 42,939 people were killed and an estimated 2,497,657 people were injured. Compared to 2020 this was a 10-percent increase in the number of traffic fatalities, and a 9.4-percent increase in the estimated number of people injured. The estimated number of police-reported traffic crashes increased by 16 percent. One person was killed every 12 minutes and an estimated 5 people injured every minute in traffic crashes in 2021. The fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) increased from 1.34 in 2020 to 1.37 in 2021, and the injury rate per 100 million VMT increased from 79 in 2020 to 80 in 2021. This fact sheet for 2021 presents information as follows: ten-year trend; traffic safety fact sheets; state; behavior; people; vehicles; crash location; and economic cost for all traffic crashes.
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