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Car Accident Statistics

National Car Accident Statistics

  • There are more than six million car accidents each year in the United States.
  • A person dies in a car accident every 12 minutes and each year car crashes kill 40,000 people.
  • The leading cause of death for individuals between 2 and 34 years old is motor vehicle crashes.
  • Someone is injured by a car crash every 14 seconds and about two million of the people injured in car accidents each year suffer permanent injuries.
  • Over 25% of all drivers were involved in an auto accident in a five-year period.
  • Excessive speed is the second most common cause of deadly auto accidents, which accounts for about 30% of fatal accidents.
  • Car crashes cost each American more than $1,000 a year; $164.2 billion is the total cost each year across the United States.
  • Car accidents are the leading cause of death for kids between 2 and 14; About 2,000 children die each year from injuries caused by car accidents.
  • Each year, almost 250,000 children are injured in car crashes, meaning nearly 700 kids are harmed every day.
  • Car accidents are the leading cause of acquired disability nationwide.

2007 Car Crash Statistics

  • 41,059 people were killed in car accidents in 2007, an almost 4% decrease from 42,708 people in 2006.
  • The highest number of deaths from car accidents occured in July and the fewest in February.
  • 17,725 fatalities occured over the weekend and 23,237 during the weekday in 2007.
  • In 2007, the highest number of fatalities, 6,796, occured in the 25-34 age range while the lowest number, 470, occured in the 5-9 range.
  • 13,040 deaths in were linked to speeding.
  • In 2007, 8,657 deaths occured in intersections.
  • About 23,482 deadly crashes involved a single vehicle while 17,577 involved multiple vehicles in 2007.
  • Instances where the vehicle in a crash veered off the road led to 24,147 fatalities in 2007.
  • Non-fatal car accidents totaled 5,987,000 in 2007.
  • In 2007, individuals were injured in about 1,711,000 accidents, while around 4,275,000 crashes only caused property damage.
  • Car accidents disabled 270,000 people in 2007.