• June 5th, 2023

NHTSA has released the 2022 early estimate report presenting the projections of traffic fatalities (42,795) and the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) (1.35) for 2022 (Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2022, DOT HS 813 428). That Crash*Stats shows a marginal decrease of about 0.3 percent as compared to 42,939 fatalities reported in 2021.

Read the full study here.