Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes as a Leading Cause of Death in the United States, 2015
For the seventh consecutive year, motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2015 were not among the top 10 causes of death in the United States. Motor vehicle crashes were the 13th leading cause of death overall among all causes. This continued drop in the rank of motor vehicle traffic crashes as a leading cause of death can be attributed to the 19-percent decline in traffic fatalities over the last decade. Nevertheless, despite this drop, motor vehicle traffic crashes continue to be among top 10 leading causes of death among younger age groups. When motor vehicle traffic crashes were ranked within unintentional injury deaths, they were the second leading cause of death during 2015. Among unintentional injury deaths, motor vehicle deaths were the second leading cause for all ages. Assessing by another measure, the years of life lost (i.e., the number of years people would have lived had they not died), motor vehicle traffic crashes ranked 7th in 2015, as it has been ranked since 2010. This reflects the toll that motor vehicle traffic crashes take on the younger population.
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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Statistics and Analysis
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Authors:
- Webb, C N
- Publication Date: 2018-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 5p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age groups; Crash data; Fatalities; Gender; Injury causes; Life span; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics)
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01662825
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 499
- Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 16 2018 9:53AM