Passenger Vehicles Traffic Safety Facts – 2015 Data

• May 2nd, 2017

NHTSA: There were 22,441 passenger vehicle occupants who died in traffic crashes and an estimated 2.18 million passenger vehicle occupants who were injured.

Passenger vehicles made up 93 percent of registered vehicles and accounted for 90 percent of total vehicle miles traveled (VMT).

An estimated 11,070,000 vehicles were involved in police-reported traffic crashes; 96 percent (10,656,000) were passenger vehicles.
There were 44,886 vehicles involved in fatal crashes, of which 78 percent (38,209) were passenger vehicles.