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Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Quarter of 2025
A statistical projection of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2025 shows an estimated 8,055 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a decrease of about 6.3 percent compared to the 8,595 fatalities projected to have occurred in the first quarter of 2024, as shown in Table 1. The first quarter of 2025 represents the 12th consecutive quarterly decline in fatalities beginning with the second quarter of 2022. Preliminary data reported by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the first quarter of 2025 increased by about 4.3 billion miles, or about a 0.6-percent increase. Also shown in Table 1 are the fatality rates per 100 million VMT, by quarter. The fatality rate for the first quarter of 2025 decreased to 1.05 fatalities per 100 million VMT, down from the projected rate of 1.13 fatalities per 100 million VMT in the first quarter of 2024. For the NHTSA regional differences, 9 of the 10 NHTSA Regions are projected to have decreases in fatalities and fatality rate per 100 million VMT in the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024.
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