Unfortunately, this number is all too high each year in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional injury deaths are the third leading cause of death in the United States. In 2017, 169,936 unintentional injury deaths occurred. Of those the top three leading causes of unintentional injury deaths were:
36,338 unintentional fall deaths
40,231 motor vehicle traffic deaths
64,795 unintentional poisoning deaths