Traffic Safety Facts 2020 Data: Summary of Motor Vehicle Crashes

Motor vehicle travel is a major means of transportation in the United States, providing an unparalleled degree of mobility. Traffic crashes took the lives of 38,824 people in 2020. Compared to 2019 there was a 6.8-percent increase in fatalities, but a 16.7-percent decrease in the estimated number of people injured in 2020. The estimated number of police-reported crashes declined 22.3 percent from 2019 to 2020. This fact sheet includes information on the ten-year trend; states; behavior; people; vehicles; crash locations; and economic costs.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813369
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77477
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2022-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety Facts
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Statistical trends; Traffic crashes; Traffic data; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01859850
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 813 369
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 2022 12:05PM