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Overall Trends 2
People Killed and Injured in Traffic Crashes, by Person Type 4
People Killed and Injured in Traffic Crashes Involving Large Trucks 6
Three Major Behavioral Factors: Speeding Involvement, Alcohol-Impaired Driving, and Restraint Use 7
Traffic Fatalities, by Rural/Urban 10
Additional Facts 12
State Data 14
Table 1. Traffic Fatality and Injury Rates per 100 Million VMT, 2021-2022 4
Table 2. Police-Reported Traffic Crashes, by Crash Severity, 2021-2022 4
Table 3. Composition of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities, by Person Type, 2020-2022 4
Table 4. Occupants and Nonoccupants Killed and Injured in Traffic Crashes, 2021-2022 6
Table 5. People Killed and Injured in Traffic Crashes Involving Large Trucks, by Person Type, 2021-2022 7
Table 6. Total and Speeding-Related Traffic Fatalities, 2021-2022 8
Table 7. Total and Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol-Impaired-Driving (AI-Driving) Fatality Rates per 100 Million VMT, 2021-2022 9
Table 8. Alcohol-Impaired Drivers Involved in Fatal Traffic Crashes, by Vehicle Type, 2021-2022 9
Table 9. Passenger Vehicle Occupants Involved in Fatal Traffic Crashes, by Restraint Use, Survival Status, and Time of Day, 2021-2022 10
Table 10. 10-Year (2013 and 2022) and 2-Year (2021 and 2022) Comparison of Rural/Urban Characteristics 12
Table 11. Comparison of 2-Year and 10-Year Percentage Change of All Drivers Involved in Fatal Traffic Crashes With 10-Year Percentage Change of... 13
Table 12. Total and Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Traffic Fatalities, by State, 2021 and 2022 16
Figure 1. Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT, 1975-2022 3
Figure 2. People Injured in Traffic Crashes and Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT, 1988-2022 3
Figure 3. Proportion of Traffic Fatalities Inside/Outside Vehicles, 1975-2022 5
Figure 4. Passenger Vehicle Drivers Involved in Fatal Traffic Crashes, by Speeding Involvement, Alcohol-Impaired Driving, and Restraint Use, 2022 8
Figure 5. Traffic Fatalities, by Rural/Urban, 2013-2022 11
Figure 6. Composition of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities, by Rural/Urban, 2022 11
Figure 7. Traffic Fatalities, by State and Percentage Change, 2021-2022 14
Figure 8. Percentages of Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Traffic Fatalities, by State, 2022 15