Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

Notes:

Includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Rural Total includes unknown which functional system within rural areas. Urban Total includes unknown which functional system within urban areas. 

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: R = revised.

^a Urban Other arterials for all years and Rural Other arterials for 2015 are the sum of other freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials. Rural Other arterials for all other years are the sum of other principal arterials and minor arterials.

^b Collector is the sum of major and minor collectors.

Source:

Fatalities:

1980-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table FI-220, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of  Feb. 19, 2019.

1990-2022: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Database, personal communications, Jan. 12, 2021, Mar. 7, 2022, Apr. 19, 2023, and May 24, 2024.

Vehicle miles:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-202, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Aug. 2, 2023.

Fatality rates:

Calculated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.