Traffic Safety Facts Crash Stats: Early Estimates of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rate by Sub-Categories in 2025

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Traffic Safety Facts Crash Stats: Early Estimates of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rate by Sub-Categories in 2025

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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
Subject/TRT Terms:

Estimates Fatalities Statistical Trends Traffic Data Traffic Safety
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT HS 813 829
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Traffic Safety Facts
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1xef-8147
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Brief
Geographical Coverage:

United States
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Traffic Safety Facts Crash Stats
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract:

NHTSA recently issued a projection report of traffic fatalities and the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for 2025. That report shows an estimated 36,640 people died in traffic crashes in 2025, a decrease of about 6.7 percent compared to 2024. The estimated fatality rate for 2025 is 1.10 fatalities per 100 million VMT, down from 1.19 fatalities per 100 million VMT in 2024. Key findings: There are decreases across almost all sub-categories: on urban interstate (↓ 10%); urban and arterial (↓ 12%); at night (↓ 8%); during weekends (↓ 7%); during out-of-State travel (↓ 11%); in newer (vehicle age <10 years) passenger vehicles (↓ 12%); in passenger vehicle rollover crashes (↓ 11%); ejected (↓ 13%); in single-vehicle crashes (↓ 7%); in roadway departure crashes (↓ 9%); in speeding-related crashes (↓ 11%); in the 65-and-older age group (↓ 0%); males (↓ 6%) and females (↓ 7%); unrestrained passenger vehicle occupants (↓ 13%); drivers (↓ 5%) and passengers (↓ 12%); passenger vehicle occupants (↓ 10%); motorcyclists (↓ 8%); pedestrians (↓ 8%); pedalcyclists (↑ 4%); in crashes each involving at least one large truck (↓ 7%); and nonoccupant (↓ 5%).
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NCSA Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Data
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