The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a 5-year study to find which automobiles are involved in the most fatal crashes. Value Penguin then collected and organized this data as follows.
Ford F-Series
To be fair, the most popular vehicle in America will probably top the charts in a variety of categories. Although the F-Series accounted for most of the fatal crashes in this 5-year study period, about 4.3 million units were sold from 2015 - 2019. Almost a million were sold in 2018 alone. So that gives us a bit of perspective.
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 10,845
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 10,845
Alabama
Alaska Arizona Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana |
Maryland
Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma |
Oregon
Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming |
Chevrolet Silverado
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 7,718
Arkansas
Vermont
Arkansas
Vermont
Honda Accord
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 5,079
New Jersey
New Jersey
Toyota Camry
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 4,734
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
Honda Civic
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 4,397
California
Connecticut
California
Connecticut
GMC Sierra
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 3,245
Maine
Maine
Honda Accord/Nissan Altima/Chevrolet Tahoe
(3-Way Tie)
Nissan Altima Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 3,267
Chevrolet Tahoe Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 2,113
Washington D.C.
Chevrolet Tahoe Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 2,113
Washington D.C.
Toyota Tacoma
Fatal Crashes Over 5-Year Span: 1,763
Hawaii
Hawaii
Cars, Trucks & SUVs vs. Motorcycles
Data collected by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows that motorcycles are involved in 10% of fatal crashes across the US, despite only making up for 3% of registered vehicles. And when a motorcycle is involved in a fatal crash, the driver or passenger is killed 98% of the time.
According to the NHTSA, "Per vehicle miles traveled in 2019, motorcyclists were about 29 times more likely than passenger vehicle occupants to die in a motor vehicle crash and were 4 times more likely to be injured."
According to the NHTSA, "Per vehicle miles traveled in 2019, motorcyclists were about 29 times more likely than passenger vehicle occupants to die in a motor vehicle crash and were 4 times more likely to be injured."
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