Trends Table 8. Passenger Vehicle Injury Crash Statistics, 2000-2020
| Year | Injury Crashes Involving Passenger Vehicles | Passenger Vehicles Involved in Injury Crashes | Persons Injured in Passenger Vehicle Crashes | Million Vehicle Miles Traveled by Passenger Vehicles | Injury Crashes Involving Passenger Vehicles (Rate per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled by Passenger Vehicles) | Passenger Vehicles Involved in Injury Crashes (Rate per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled by Passenger Vehicles) | Persons Injured in Passenger Vehicle Crashes (Rate per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled by Passenger Vehicles) | Passenger Vehicles Registered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,017,000 | 3,605,000 | 3,123,000 | 2,523,346 | 79.9 | 142.9 | 123.8 | 212,706,399 |
| 2001 | 1,954,000 | 3,496,000 | 2,974,000 | 2,569,980 | 76.0 | 136.0 | 115.7 | 221,821,103 |
| 2002 | 1,877,000 | 3,346,000 | 2,863,000 | 2,624,508 | 71.5 | 127.5 | 109.1 | 220,931,982 |
| 2003 | 1,873,000 | 3,362,000 | 2,828,000 | 2,655,987 | 70.5 | 126.6 | 106.5 | 222,856,560 |
| 2004 | 1,802,000 | 3,236,000 | 2,718,000 | 2,727,054 | 66.1 | 118.7 | 99.7 | 228,275,978 |
| 2005 | 1,754,000 | 3,102,000 | 2,625,000 | 2,749,472 | 63.8 | 112.8 | 95.5 | 231,904,922 |
| 2006 | 1,681,000 | 2,995,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,773,025 | 60.6 | 108.0 | 90.2 | 234,524,720 |
| 2007 | 1,642,000 | 2,871,000 | 2,412,000 | 2,691,034 | 61.0 | 106.7 | 89.6 | 235,678,150 |
| 2008 | 1,561,000 | 2,719,000 | 2,266,000 | 2,630,213 | 59.3 | 103.4 | 86.1 | 236,448,155 |
| 2009 | 1,456,000 | 2,573,000 | 2,149,000 | 2,633,248 | 55.3 | 97.7 | 81.6 | 234,467,679 |
| 2010 | 1,483,000 | 2,632,000 | 2,171,000 | 2,648,456 | 56.0 | 99.4 | 82.0 | 230,444,440 |
| 2011 | 1,476,000 | 2,597,000 | 2,155,000 | 2,650,458 | 55.7 | 98.0 | 81.3 | 233,841,422 |
| 2012 | 1,568,000 | 2,771,000 | 2,290,000 | 2,664,060 | 58.9 | 104.0 | 85.9 | 233,760,558 |
| 2013 | 1,531,000 | 2,738,000 | 2,241,000 | 2,677,730 | 57.2 | 102.3 | 83.7 | 236,010,230 |
| 2014 | 1,585,000 | 2,823,000 | 2,266,000 | 2,710,556 | 58.5 | 104.2 | 83.6 | 240,155,238 |
| 2015 | 1,652,000 | 2,983,000 | 2,371,000 | 2,779,693 | 59.4 | 107.3 | 85.3 | 242,917,192 |
| 2016* | 2,047,000 | 3,656,000 | 2,977,000 | 2,849,718 | 71.8 | 128.3 | 104.5 | 247,644,981 |
| 2017* | 1,727,000 | 2,901,000 | 2,548,000 | 2,877,378 | 60.0 | 100.8 | 88.6 | 250,553,248 |
| 2018* | 1,725,000 | 2,861,000 | 2,503,000 | 2,877,378 | 60.0 | 100.8 | 88.6 | 250,553,248 |
| 2019* | 1,746,000 | 2,913,000 | 2,528,000 | 2,897,083 | 59.5 | 98.8 | 86.4 | 250,709,853 |
| 2020* | 1,428,000 | 2,283,000 | 2,082,000 | 2,568,745 | 55.6 | 88.9 | 81.0 | 253,121,228 |
| *Beginning with data for 2016, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) replaced the General Estimates System (GES) with the Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). Comparisons of 2016 (and later) CRSS estimates with older GES estimates should be performed with caution. | ||||||||
| Notes: “Persons Injured” includes all nonfatally injured persons in injury and fatal crashes. A passenger vehicle is defined as a car or light truck (including pickups, vans, and sport utility vehicles). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) implemented an enhanced methodology for estimating registered vehicles and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by vehicle type beginning with data from 2007. As a result, involvement rates may differ, and in some cases significantly, from earlier years. The rates displayed in this table are based on unrounded GES and CRSS data. | ||||||||
| Sources: VMT and Registered Vehicles: FHWA, Highway Statistics 2020. Injury Crashes, Vehicles Involved, and Persons Injured: NHTSA, GES (2000-2015) and CRSS (2016-2020). | ||||||||
Last updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2023