The United States ranks worse than almost all similarly wealthy nations in traffic safety. In 2019, the population-based death rate in the United States was the highest among the 29 high-income countries and was 2.3 times the average rate of the 28 other high-income countries.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2022, more bicyclists died than in any other year since the agency began collecting data in 1975 and more pedestrians died than in any year since 1981. You can find more information under the topic Traffic Safety.
Nationally, the percentage of fatalities composed of bicyclists and pedestrians was more than 19% in 2022.
Data on this page:
- Map: Number of Pedestrian Fatalities
- Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by State over Time
- Pedestrian Fatalities per Pedestrian Commuters over Time
- Pedestrian Fatalities per Capita over Time
- Pedestrian Fatalities as a Percent of All Traffic Fatalities
- Map: Number of Bicyclist Fatalities
- Number of Bicyclist Fatalities over Time
- Bicyclist Fatalities per Bicyclist Commuters over Time
- Bicyclist Fatalities per Capita Bicyclist over Time
- Fatalities as a Percent of All Traffic Fatalities over Time
- Pedestrian Fatalities by Age over Time
- Bicyclist Fatalities by Age over Time