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People Killed in Distracted-Driving Crashes: 2010–2022

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This map is color coded to illustrate the percentages of motorcyclists killed while not wearing a helmet in 2022. The west coast falls below 10 percent. The east coast generally falls between 0 and 40 percent. Rhode Island is an outlier at 80 percent. Middle America generally falls between 40 and 80 percent. Nebraska is an outlier at 8 percent. Hawaii is at 68 percent, Alaska is at 38 percent, and Puerto Rico is at 46 percent.

Dataset Excel:

F5-9 Distracted Driving.xlsx (27.49 KB)

Notes:

“Pedestrian” includes in crossings, not in crossings, and walking along track. “Other” includes those killed outside of a vehicle that do not fit in any other category. “Other vehicle occupant” includes the number of occupants of other vehicles killed.

Description:

This table is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Motorcycle Helmet Use in 2023 Overall Results. DOT HS 813 634. September 2024. Available at www.nhtsa.gov/ as of November 2024.

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