Link:https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/preliminary-estimates/
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Deaths up 16% as mileage starts to rebound in first six months of 2021
The National Safety Council (NSC) estimate of total motor-vehicle deaths for the first six months of 2021 is 21,450, up 16% from 18,480 in 2020 and up 17% from 18,384 in 2019. Mileage in the first six months of 2021 rebounded 13% from COVID lows in 2020 but still lags 2019 mileage by nearly 6%. The estimated mileage death rate in 2021 is 1.43 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, up 3% from 1.39 in 2020 and up 24% from 1.15 in 2019.
A medically consulted injury is an injury serious enough that a medical professional was consulted. Based on the current medically consulted injury-to-death ratio of 114:1, and rounded to the nearest thousand, the estimated number of nonfatal medically consulted injuries resulting from crashes during in the first six months of 2021 was 2,445,000.
The estimated cost of motor-vehicle deaths, injuries, and property damage in the first half of 2021 was $241.9 billion.
Publication Date: accessed 8 Feb 2022
Publication Site: National Safety Council