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In the FARS file of 2024

FARS records 39,254 deaths in 36,297 fatal crashes in the United States in 2024.

FARS 2024 is the newest year on file. It is an annual file, not a final file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026.

NHTSA released the last 5 annual files 14 to 15 months after the end of the year. With the same delay, the next file comes in about April 2027. This is an estimate of this site, not a date from NHTSA. FARS release dates

Table 1.United States: 2024 beside 2023
Figure20242023
Deaths39,25441,025
Fatal crashes36,29737,769
Deaths for each 100,000 residents11.512.2
Deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles1.191.26

Sources: NHTSA, FARS. Residents: Census Bureau, vintage 2025. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2.

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Table 2.Deaths, fatal crashes and rates of each state in 2024, in name order
StateDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
Alabama96289518.61.32
Alaska70639.51.27
Arizona1,2291,11816.31.74
Arkansas60354719.51.53
California3,8763,5839.81.19
Colorado68964211.51.25
Connecticut3102858.41.00
Delaware12612112.01.27
District of Columbia47466.81.33
Florida3,1382,93113.51.26
Georgia1,4031,31212.51.15
Hawaii102977.10.96
Idaho23821911.91.19
Illinois1,1771,0859.31.13
Indiana83278512.00.94
Iowa35632411.01.05
Kansas33931411.41.07
Kentucky70766315.41.44
Louisiana75270516.31.36
Maine17716712.61.17
Maryland5785529.31.01
Massachusetts3633495.10.59
Michigan1,0981,01110.91.10
Minnesota4774318.20.81
Mississippi75367825.51.81
Missouri95588215.31.17
Montana20619318.11.49
Nebraska25122312.51.15
Nevada41737812.81.47
New Hampshire1331209.40.96
New Jersey6706387.00.84
New Mexico40937819.21.43
New York1,1011,0365.50.91
North Carolina1,6191,50914.61.24
North Dakota908411.30.90
Ohio1,1571,0779.81.00
Oklahoma64559415.71.39
Oregon53849112.61.44
Pennsylvania1,1271,0608.61.18
Rhode Island52484.70.68
South Carolina1,03894818.91.67
South Dakota14613415.71.40
Tennessee1,1971,09316.51.52
Texas4,1603,77413.31.35
Utah2772517.90.77
Vermont59539.10.82
Virginia91786710.41.04
Washington7306749.21.21
West Virginia25623814.51.49
Wisconsin59552910.00.86
Wyoming10710218.21.10
United States39,25436,29711.51.19

Note: the first rate divides the deaths by the residents of the state. The second rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state. The two rates have different bases.

Download: each state and each year from 1975 (CSV)

The United States from 1975

Figure 1.Deaths in fatal crashes in the United States by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 51,093 (1979)2024: 39,254

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024. The numbers are in the file of all states by year (CSV).

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