Seat belts work. Seat belt use prevented more than 14,600 fatalities, 450,000 serious injuries and $93 billion in injury-related economic costs in 2019.
Speeding
Speed-related crashes are associated with 10,192 fatalities, 498,000 nonfatal injuries and $46 billion in economic costs in 2019, accounting for 14% of all economic costs.
Speed-related crashes cost an average of $141 for every person in the U.S.
The report also includes data on the costs associated with motorcycle crashes, failure to wear motorcycle helmets, pedestrian crashes, bicyclist crashes and numerous different roadway designation crashes.
Nearly 95% of people who die using our nation’s transportation networks are killed on our streets, roads and highways. Roadway fatalities and the fatality rate declined consistently for 30 years, but progress has stalled over the last decade and went in the wrong direction in 2020 and 2021. The USDOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy outlines what the department is doing to address this crisis.
Source: NHTSA
Abby Andrews