Fatality Facts


42,642 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2006.

The Institute publishes statistical facts about the motor vehicle safety picture in 2006, the most recent year for which fatality data are available.

Fatality Facts are updated once a year, when the US Department of Transportation releases data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Archive data for 2005 is also available.


Alcohol 2006 2005
Bicycles 2006 2005
Children 2006 2005
Gender 2006 2005
General 2006 2005
Large trucks 2006 2005
Motorcycles 2006 2005
Occupants of cars, pickups, SUVs, and vans 2006 2005
Older people 2006 2005
Pedestrians 2006 2005
Roadside hazards 2006 2005
State by state 2006 2005
Teenagers 2006 2005

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