Safety Data & Statistics

An independent research report on 70 mph crash survivability — kinetic energy scaling (over 3x the 40 mph FMVSS 208 baseline), the AAA Foundation/IIHS/Humanetics 40-50-55.9 mph Honda CR-V crash-test series, Delta-V and G-force physics, seatbelt load-limiter and airbag bottoming-out mechanics, the Abbreviated Injury Scale, traumatic aortic rupture and Diffuse Axonal Injury, NHTSA NASS-CDS Delta-V injury-risk modeling, age/gender fatality-risk disparities, the John Eagle Collision Center OEM-repair verdict, and Automatic Emergency Braking/AACN mitigation data.

Official NHTSA source card for SGO-2021-01 ADS incident reports — mandatory crash disclosures for SAE Level 3–5 automated driving systems, collected since June 2021.

Official NHTSA source card for the 2024 auxiliary FARS SAS package — the same multiple imputation tables as the CSV auxiliary package, delivered in SAS transport (.xpt) format for SAS-native workflows.

Official NHTSA source card for SGO-2021-01_Incident_Reports_ADAS.csv — crashes where Level 2 ADAS was engaged before a reportable incident, covering July 2021 to present.

Overview report with headline facts, source links, and related report shortcuts.

Interactive map and ranked table built from NHTSA FARS and Census estimates.

Historical national trend line with raw fatal crash counts and per-capita rates.

Official NHTSA source card for the 2024 Crash Report Sampling System CSV — all crash severities, weighted national estimates.

Official NHTSA source card for the 2024 national fatal crash CSV package used in site reports.

Official Census source card for the Vintage 2024 state population estimates used in rate calculations.

Official NHTSA source card for the 2024 auxiliary FARS CSV package — multiple imputation tables for BAC and speed variables.

Official NHTSA source card for the 2024 FARS CSV package covering fatal crashes in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico — separate from the 50-state national package.

Official NHTSA source card for the 2024 national fatal crash SAS dataset package — the SAS7BDAT-format equivalent of the national CSV release, with embedded variable labels and a formats catalog.

Explainer for deriving a 2016 state fatal-crash CSV from the official NHTSA FARS package.

Plain-English comparison of the NHTSA fatal-crash census (FARS) and the all-severity crash sample (CRSS) — what each covers, how they differ, and when to use each.

11,904 deaths in 2024. National totals, state rankings, BAC distribution, age and gender breakdowns, repeat offenders, and a 40-year trend — all sourced to NHTSA FARS.

3,207 deaths in 2024. Cell phone under-reporting, temporal and demographic peaks, and state-by-state data — sourced from NHTSA FARS.