Traffic Safety Facts 2018 Data: Summary of Motor Vehicle Crashes

In 2018 there were an estimated 6,734,000 police-reported traffic crashes in which 36,560 people were killed and an estimated 2,710,000 people were injured. In 2018 there were 10,511 people killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes, an average of one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality every 50 minutes. In this fact sheet for 2018 the information is presented as follows: trends from 2009 to 2018; economic cost for all traffic; crashes; behavior; alcohol-impaired driving; occupant protection; speeding; crash location; bicyclists and other cyclists; children; older population; pedestrians; young drivers; and vehicles.

• Record URL:
  https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812961
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2020-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety Facts
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash data; Crash locations; Economic factors; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01761769
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 961
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 14 2020 1:13PM