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Injured persons are the sum of people injured in fatal crashes, an actual count from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), and people injured in injury crashes, which are estimates from the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) - General Estimates System (GES)/Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).

Vehicles involved in crashes are the sum of fatal crashes, an actual count from FARS, and injury crashes and property damage only crashes, which are estimates from NASS GES/CRSS.

Vehicle-miles in this table and in table 2-23 are taken from NHTSA revised data and are not based exclusively on USDOT, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data. The change was made to reflect the different vehicle classification schemes used by FHWA and NHTSA. Thus, Vehicle-miles for passenger cars in this table, and light and large trucks in table 2-23 should not be compared with Vehicle-miles in chapter 1, which are taken directly from FHWA. Rates per 100 million vehicle-miles figures may differ from those in the source data due to rounding by the source. Vehicles involved in crashes figures in this table are not comparable to figures in previous editions due to a change in the source.

NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) redesigned the nationally representative sample of police-reported traffic crashes, which estimates the number of police-reported injury and property-damage-only crashes in the US. The new system, called CRSS, replaced NASS/GES in 2016.

CRSS has a different sample design than NASS GES. Thus, the 2016 and later year estimates from CRSS are not comparable to 2015 and earlier year estimates from NASS GES.

Starting with the release of 2021 FARS and CRSS data, all vehicle-related analysis for 2020 and later years will be based on vPIC (Product Information Catalog and Vehicle Listing) vehicle classification. As a result, the 2020 and later-year vehicle type classifications are not comparable to 2019 and earlier-year vehicle type classifications. This change affects any analysis with a vehicle component to it. More information on vPIC can be found at https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/.

Description:

KEY: N = data do not exist, NA = not applicable; R = revised.

^a Bus includes school, transit, and intercity buses.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Database, National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES) Database, and Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS) Database, personal communications, Jun. 7, 2012, May 22, 2013, Jun. 16, 2014, Sept. 15, 2017, Oct. 16, 2018, Nov. 6, 2019, Jan. 12, 2021, Mar. 4, 2022, Apr. 19, 2023, and May 24, 2024.