United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis (2026). Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Older Population (Report No. DOT HS 813 839). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.21949/3eep-2b32
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Older Population. Report no. DOT HS 813 839. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2026. https://doi.org/10.21949/3eep-2b32.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Older Population. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2026, Report no. DOT HS 813 839, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/3eep-2b32.
This edition of Traffic Safety Facts summarizes traffic fatalities among the older population in 2024, when 8,019 people 65 and older were killed and about 284,525 were injured in traffic crashes. Older people made up 20 percent of all traffic fatalities and 12 percent of all people injured, a 1-percent increase in fatalities and a 2-percent increase in estimated injuries.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis (2026). Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Older Population (Report No. DOT HS 813 839). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.21949/3eep-2b32
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Older Population. Report no. DOT HS 813 839. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2026. https://doi.org/10.21949/3eep-2b32.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Older Population. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2026, Report no. DOT HS 813 839, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/3eep-2b32.
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