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ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN THE U.S. AND THE WORLD

Accident Statistics in The U.S.


Includes all Vehicles, Trains, Buses etc.

Annual Global Road Crash Statistics

Almost 1.25 million people die in road crashes each year. That's 3287 people per day.

Additionally, 20-50 more are injured.

More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.

Vehicle crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally.

Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5-14.

Each year nearly 400,000 people under 25 die on the world’s roads, on average over 1,000 a day.

Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world’s vehicles.

Road crashes cost $518 billion (USD) globally, costing individual countries from 1-2% of their annual GDP.

Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries $65 billion (USD) annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmental assistance.

Unless action is taken, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.

Annual UNITED STATES Road Crash Statistics

Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year.

An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled.

Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year.

Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20.

Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person.

Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad.

Plane Crash Statistics

Causes of Fatal Accidents - The Following Information Was Used:

CAUSES OF Plane ACCIDENTS
Pilot Error Mechanical Weather Sabotage Other
Improper Procedure Engine Failure Severe Turbulence Hijacking ATC Error
Flying VFR Into IFR Conditions Equipment Failure Wind Shear Shot Down Ground Crew Error
Controlled Flight Into Terrain Structural Failure Mountain Wave Explosive Device On Board Overloaded
Descending Below Minimum Design Flaw Poor Visibility Pilot Suicide Improperly Loaded Cargo
Spatial Disorientation -- Heavy Rain -- Bird Strike
Premature Descent -- Severe Winds -- Fuel Contamination
Excessive Landing Speed -- Icing -- Pilot Incapacitation
Missed Runway -- ThunderStorms -- Obstruction On Runway
Fuel Starvation -- Lightning Strike -- Midair Collision Caused By Other Aircraft
Navigation Error -- -- -- Fire/Smoke In Flight [Cabin,Cockpit,Cargo Hold]
Wrong Runway Takeoff/Landing -- -- -- Maintenance Error
Midair Collision Caused By Primary Pilot -- -- -- --

CAUSES OF FATAL ACCIDENTS BY DECADES
Decade 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's 2000's 2010's ALL
Pilot Error 50% 53% 49% 42% 49% 50% 57% 49%
Mechanical 26% 27% 19% 22% 22% 23% 21% 23%
Weather 15% 7% 10% 14% 7% 8% 10% 10%
Sabotage 4% 4% 9% 12% 8% 9% 8% 8%
Other 5% 9% 13% 10% 14% 10% 4% 10%

STATISTICAL RAW DATA
Cause 50's 60' 70's 80's 90's 2000's 2010's ALL
Pilot Error 82 119 112 67 77 48 28 533
Mechanical 43 62 45 36 35 22 10 253
Weather 25 15 22 22 10 8 5 107
Sabotage 6 9 20 20 13 9 6 81
Other 9 21 31 16 22 10 2 111
TOTALS 165 226 230 161 157 97 69 1085

Survival Rate on Aircraft Involved in Fatal Accidents Carrying 19+ Passengers

Decade Survival Rate
1940's 24
1950's 25
1960's 21
1970's 25
1980's 36
1990's 39
2000's 28
2010's 27

Survival rate of passengers on aircraft ditching in a controlled flight: 42%

Pedestrians and Bicyclists Killed In The U.S.

Summary Statistics:

In 2017 there were 5,977 pedestrians and 783 bicyclists killed in crashes with motor vehicles in the United States. Together, bicyclists and pedestrians account for a growing share of total US traffic fatalities: in 2003, pedestrians and bicyclists represented 12.6 percent of total traffic fatalities, and in 2017 they accounted for 18.2 percent of fatalities.

Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities increased by 32 percent in the ten-year period between 2008 and 2017. During that same time period, total traffic fatalities decreased by 0.8 percent.

Pedestrians and Bicyclists Killed in The U.S. by Year [2008-2017]
Year Number Killed
2008 5132
2009 4737
2010 4925
2011 5139
2012 5552
2013 5528
2014 5639
2015 6194
2016 6932
2017 6760

Accident Information Charts

` Accidents By Age Group
Car Accidents By Age Group
CAUSES OF CAR ACCIDENTS
Causes Number OF Deaths Percentage
Driving Too Fast For Conditions or In Excess of Posted Speed Limit or Racing 8.856 16.9
Under The Influence of Alcohol, Drugs or Medication 5.507 10.5
Failure To Keep In Proper Lane 3.826 7.3
Failure To Yield Right Of Way 3.711 7.1
Distracted [Phone, Talking, Eating, etc..] 2.994 5.7
Operating a Vehicle In a Careless Manner 2.961 5.7
Failure To Obey Traffic Signal, Officer or Signs 2.095 4.0
Operating a Vehicle in a Negligent, Erratic or Reckless Manner 1.996 3.8
Over-correcting or Over-steering 1.837 3.5
Obscured Vision [Rain, Snow, Lights, Trees, etc..] 1.581 3.0
Drowsy, Asleep, Fatigued, Ill or Blacked Out 1.306 2.5
Driving Wrong Way on One-Way Traffic or Wrong Side of Road 1.187 2.3
Swerving or Avoiding Due to Slippery Surface or Wind 1.103 2.1
Making Improper Turn 498 1.0
Other Factors 6,225 11.9
None Reported 25.7 25.7
Unknown 11,710 22.4
TOTAL DRIVERS 52,274 100.0

TRAIN ACCIDENT STATISTICS

These statistics include the following:

Yearly nearly 1,000 people are killed in train related accidents. Additionally, United States train and railroad accident statistics estimate that almost every two weeks a train derailment leads to a chemical spill. Some of these spills are so serious that they require the evacuation of local residents. The occurrence and frequency of train accidents has been escalating since 1997.

Train-Car Collisions

According to the US Department of Transportation, there are about 5,800 train-car crashes each year in the United States, most of which occur at railroad crossings. These accidents cause 600 deaths and injure about 2,300. More than half of all fatal train accidents occur at train crossings that do not have active safety devises or have safety devices that are simply inadequate or, in come cases, have no safety devices to alert unsuspecting motorists. During the day, about 75% of car and train collisions involve the train hitting the car. At night, about 50% of the time, the car runs into the train at an inadequately marked crossing.

Train Accident Facts And Figures:

Rail Incidents At Public and Private Crossings - 1981-2018

Still Preliminary Stats for 2017-2018

Year Collisions Fatalities Injuries
1981 9461 728 3293
1982 7932 607 2637
1983 7305 575 2623
1984 7456 649 2910
1985 7073 582 2687
1986 6513 616 2458
1987 6426 624 2429
1988 6617 689 2589
1989 6526 801 2868
1990 5715 698 2407
1991 5388 608 2094
1992 4910 579 1975
1993 4892 626 1837
1994 4979 615 1961
1995 4633 579 1894
1996 4257 488 1610
1997 3865 461 1540
1998 3508 481 1303
1999 3489 402 1396
Year Collisions Fatalities Injuries
2000 3502 425 1219
2001 3237 421 1157
2002 3077 357 999
2003 2977 334 1035
2004 3077 372 1092
2005 3057 359 1051
2006 2936 369 1070
2007 2776 339 1062
2008 2429 290 992
2009 1934 249 743
2010 2051 260 887
2011 2061 250 1045
2012 1985 230 1045
2013 2101 232 975
2014 2296 262 871
2015 2080 237 1047
2016 2049 255 852
2017 2123 271 844
2018 3217 262 840

MOTORCYCLE STATISTICS - [2008-2017]

Motorcyclist Fatalities and Injuries by Year [2008-2017]
Year Fatalities Injured
2008 5132 96000
2009 4469 90000
2010 4518 82000
2011 4630 81000
2012 4986 93000
2013 4692 88000
2014 4594 92000
2015 5029 88000
2016 5337 104000
2017 5172 89000

Resources

  1. Wikipedia
  2. Association For Safe International Road Travel
  3. U.S. DOT.
  4. Highway Research Safety Center
  5. NHTSA
  6. Planecrashinfo.com
  7. National Transportation Safety Bureau
  8. Federal Railroad Administration