Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year
Motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year

Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year

Section Title: Motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year
Table Section Text: None

Year	Deaths	VMT- Vehicle miles traveled (billions)	Fatalities per 100 million VMT	Population	Fatalities per 100,000 population	Change (in percent)[clarification needed]

1899	26

1900	36	76,094,000	0.047	NA

1901	54	77,584,000	0.070	47.12%

1902	79	79,163,000	0.100	43.38%

1903	117	80,632,000	0.145	45.40%

1904	172	82,166,000	0.209	44.26%

1905	252	83,822,000	0.301	43.62%

1906	338	85,450,000	0.396	31.57%

1907	581	87,008,000	0.668	68.82%

1908	751	88,710,000	0.847	26.78%

1909	1,174	90,490,000	1.297	53.25%

1910	1,599	92,407,000	1.730	33.38%

1911	2,043	93,863,000	2.177	25.79%

1912	2,968	95,335,000	3.113	43.03%

1913	4,079	97,225,000	4.195	34.76%

1914	4,468	99,111,000	4.508	7.45%

1915	6,779	100,546,000	6.742	49.56%

1916	7,766	101,961,000	7.617	12.97%

1917	9,630	103,268,000	9.325	22.43%

1918	10,390	103,208,000	10.067	7.95%

1919	10,896	104,514,000	10.425	3.56%

1920	12,155	106,461,000	11.417	9.51%

1921	13,253	55	24.09	108,538,000	12.210	6.95%

1922	14,859	67	21.95	110,049,000	13.502	10.58%

1923	17,870	85	21.03	111,947,000	15.963	18.22%

1924	18,400	104	17.55	114,109,000	16.125	1.01%

1925	20,771	122	16.98	115,829,000	17.932	11.21%

1926	22,194	140	15.77	117,397,000	18.905	5.42%

1927	24,470	158	15.44	119,035,000	20.557	8.74%

1928	26,557	172	15.36	120,509,000	22.037	7.20%

1929	29,592	197	14.97	121,767,000	24.302	10.28%

1930	31,204	206	15.12	123,076,741	25.353	4.33%

1931	31,963	216	14.79	124,039,648	25.768	1.64%

1932	27,979	200	13.95	124,840,471	22.412	13.03%

1933	29,746	200	14.83	125,578,763	23.687	5.69%

1934	34,240	215	15.88	126,373,773	27.094	14.38%

1935	34,494	228	15.09	127,250,232	27.107	0.05%

1936	36,126	252	14.33	128,053,180	28.212	4.07%

1937	37,819	270	14.00	128,824,829	29.357	4.06%

1938	31,083	271	11.46	129,824,939	23.942	18.44%

1939	30,895	285	10.83	130,879,718	23.606	1.41%

1940	32,914	302	10.89	132,122,446	24.912	5.53%

1941	38,142	333	11.43	133,402,471	28.592	14.77%

1942	27,007	268	10.07	134,859,553	20.026	29.96%

1943	22,727	208	10.92	136,739,353	16.621	17.00%

1944	23,165	212	10.89	138,397,345	16.738	0.71%

1945	26,785	250	10.71	139,928,165	19.142	14.36%

1946	31,874	340	9.35	141,388,566	22.544	17.77%

1947	31,193	370	8.41	144,126,071	21.643	4.00%

1948	30,775	397	7.73	146,631,302	20.988	3.03%

1949	30,246	424	7.13	149,188,130	20.274	3.40%

1950	33,186	458	7.24	152,271,417	21.794	7.50%

1951	35,309	491	7.19	154,877,889	22.798	4.61%

1952	36,088	513	7.03	157,552,740	22.905	0.47%

1953	36,190	544	6.65	160,184,192	22.593	1.36%

1954	33,890	561	6.03	163,025,854	20.788	7.99%

1955	36,688	605	6.06	165,931,202	22.110	6.36%

1956	37,965	627	6.05	168,903,031	22.477	1.66%

1957	36,932	647	5.71	171,984,130	21.474	4.46%

1958	35,331	664	5.32	174,881,904	20.203	5.92%

1959	36,223	700	5.17	177,829,628	20.369	0.83%

1960	36,399	718	5.06	180,671,158	20.147	1.09%

1961	36,285	737	4.92	183,691,481	19.753	1.95%

1962	38,980	766	5.08	186,537,737	20.897	5.79%

1963	41,723	805	5.18	189,241,798	22.047	5.51%

1964	45,645	846	5.39	191,888,791	23.787	7.89%

1965	47,089	887	5.30	194,302,963	24.235	1.88%

1966	50,894	925	5.50	196,560,338	25.892	6.84%

1967	50,724	964	5.26	198,712,056	25.526	1.41%

1968	52,725	1,015	5.19	200,706,052	26.270	2.91%

1969	53,543	1,061	5.04	202,676,946	26.418	0.56%

1970	52,627	1,109	4.74	205,052,174	25.665	2.85%

1971	52,542	1,178	4.46	207,660,677	25.302	1.42

1972	54,589	1,259	4.33	209,896,021	26.008	2.79%

1973	54,052	1,313	4.12	211,908,788	25.507	1.92%

1974	45,196	1,280	3.53	213,853,928	21.134	17.14%

1975	44,525	1,327	3.35	215,973,199	20.616	2.45%

1976	45,523	1,402	3.25	218,035,164	20.879	1.27%

1977	47,878	1,467	3.26	220,239,425	21.739	4.12%

1978	50,331	1,544	3.26	222,584,545	22.612	4.02%

1979	51,093	1,529	3.34	225,055,487	22.702	0.40%

1980	51,091	1,527	3.35	227,224,681	22.485	0.96%

1981	49,301	1,552	3.18	229,465,714	21.485	4.45%

1982	43,945	1,595	2.76	231,664,458	18.969	11.71%

1983	42,589	1,652	2.58	233,791,994	18.217	3.97%

1984	44,257	1,720	2.57	235,824,902	18.767	3.02%

1985	43,825	1,774	2.47	237,923,795	18.420	1.85%

1986	46,087	1,834	2.51	240,132,887	19.192	4.19%

1987	46,390	1,921	2.42	242,288,918	19.147	0.24%

1988	47,087	2,025	2.32	244,498,982	19.259	0.58%

1989	45,582	2,096	2.17	246,819,230	18.468	4.11%

1990	44,599	2,144	2.08	249,464,396	17.878	3.19%

1991	41,508	2,172	1.91	252,153,092	16.461	7.92%

1992	39,250	2,247	1.75	255,029,699	15.390	6.51%

1993	40,150	2,296	1.75	257,782,608	15.575	1.20%

1994	40,716	2,358	1.73	260,327,021	15.640	0.42%

1995	41,817	2,423	1.73	262,803,276	15.912	1.74%

1996	42,065	2,486	1.69	265,228,572	15.860	0.33%

1997	42,013	2,562	1.64	267,783,607	15.690	1.08%

1998	41,501	2,632	1.58	270,248,003	15.356	2.12%

1999	41,717	2,691	1.55	272,690,813	15.298	0.38%

2000	41,945	2,747	1.53	282,216,952	14.863	2.85%

2001	42,196	2,797	1.51	285,226,284	14.794	0.46%

2002	43,005	2,856	1.51	288,125,973	14.926	0.89%

2003	42,884	2,890	1.48	290,796,023	14.747	1.75%

2004	42,836	2,965	1.44	293,638,158	14.588	0.52%

2005	43,510	2,989	1.46	296,507,061	14.674	0.44%

2006	42,708	3,014	1.42	299,398,484	14.265	2.79%

2007	41,259	3,031	1.36	301,139,947	13.701	3.85%

2008	37,423	2,977	1.26	303,824,640	12.317	11.0%

2009	33,883	2,957	1.15	306,700,000	11.048	9.7%

2010	32,999	2,967	1.11	309,326,000	10.668	3.5%

2011	32,479	2,950	1.10	311,588,000	10.42	2.3%

2012	33,782	2,969	1.14	313,914,000	10.75	2.6%

2013	32,893	2,988	1.10	316,129,000	10.40	3.3%

2014	32,744	3,026	1.08	318,860,000	10.28	0.9%

2015	35,485	3,095	1.15	321,370,000	11.06	10.5%

2016	37,806	3,174	1.19	323,121,000	11.59	5.6%

2017	37,133	3,213	1.16	325,719,000	11.40	1.8%

Sentence(s)

The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest since 1949.

final_sentence: The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest since 1949.