Males and females

Overview

Many more men than women die each year in motor vehicle crashes. Men typically drive more miles than women and are more likely to engage in risky driving practices, including not using seat belts, driving while impaired by alcohol and speeding. Crashes involving male drivers often are more severe than those involving female drivers (Li et al., 1998).

However, females are more likely than males to be killed or injured in crashes of similar severity (Kahane et al., 2013). The types of vehicles men drive and the circumstances of their crashes contribute to the decreased risk (Brumbelow & Jermakian, 2022). The difference in fatality risk between male and female drivers has diminished in newer vehicles with improvements in crashworthiness and restraint design (Noh et al., 2022).

The following facts are based on analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Posted June 2024.

Trends

For nearly every year from 1975 to 2022, the number of male crash deaths was more than twice the number of female crash deaths. From 1975 to 2022, male crash deaths declined by about 6% and female crash deaths have decreased by almost 1%. Since 1975, motorcyclist deaths have increased by more than 90% among both males and females.

Motor vehicle crash deaths by sex, 1975-2022

Motor vehicle crash deaths by type and sex, 1975-2022
Year	Passenger vehicle drivers		Passenger vehicle passengers		Large truck drivers		Large truck passengers		Pedestrians		Bicyclists		Motorcyclists		Total motor vehicle deaths*
Year	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1975	15,706	3,642	6,069	5,095	542	4	88	24	5,196	2,319	820	183	2,928	252	32,675	11,844
1976	16,013	4,078	6,206	5,330	667	6	102	34	5,120	2,307	751	163	3,015	291	33,038	12,481
1977	16,499	4,442	6,242	5,542	760	7	104	44	5,331	2,400	730	192	3,758	341	34,627	13,248
1978	17,974	4,782	6,373	5,659	799	15	100	49	5,494	2,296	714	178	4,173	401	36,731	13,591
1979	18,273	4,836	6,430	5,388	817	10	140	41	5,701	2,391	759	173	4,452	440	37,588	13,498
1980	18,110	4,877	6,439	5,438	709	9	99	49	5,613	2,454	782	183	4,684	453	37,392	13,689
1981	17,592	4,910	5,972	5,077	680	10	94	46	5,459	2,332	748	181	4,484	412	35,930	13,161
1982	15,129	4,534	5,298	4,609	591	9	77	41	5,144	2,185	720	144	4,093	356	31,879	12,062
1983	14,620	4,716	5,022	4,699	611	4	81	35	4,775	2,050	700	130	3,934	326	30,499	12,084
1984	14,934	5,366	5,094	4,605	706	14	85	43	5,016	2,005	684	153	4,229	373	31,541	12,709
1985	14,768	5,288	5,009	4,704	620	12	77	33	4,671	2,133	732	137	4,191	371	30,959	12,856
1986	15,935	5,564	5,667	4,931	579	10	67	32	4,771	2,004	789	140	4,231	333	32,856	13,191
1987	16,133	6,022	5,782	5,093	551	8	51	42	4,777	1,967	826	114	3,695	339	32,621	13,757
1988	16,744	6,140	5,815	5,293	606	8	65	25	4,756	2,111	773	128	3,401	259	32,947	14,123
1989	16,284	6,269	5,562	5,408	539	7	57	38	4,594	1,959	696	126	2,882	253	31,338	14,232
1990	15,901	6,049	5,587	5,061	429	7	47	19	4,495	1,985	732	121	2,987	256	30,916	13,665
1991	14,824	5,727	5,231	4,904	403	4	25	16	3,985	1,815	715	121	2,578	227	28,545	12,953
1992	14,021	5,550	4,995	4,779	358	11	27	14	3,867	1,679	627	90	2,211	183	26,772	12,444
1993	14,298	5,737	5,014	4,869	373	10	28	12	3,936	1,711	702	104	2,234	211	27,322	12,814
1994	14,612	6,034	5,041	5,022	381	7	40	25	3,757	1,732	687	109	2,108	209	27,411	13,293
1995	15,164	6,293	5,203	5,137	389	11	30	13	3,856	1,728	699	128	2,023	203	28,133	13,663
1996	15,066	6,563	5,379	5,260	380	4	33	7	3,780	1,667	654	107	1,966	195	28,061	13,991
1997	15,023	6,683	5,231	5,294	419	8	34	19	3,643	1,677	712	99	1,926	190	27,827	14,168
1998	14,975	6,651	5,007	5,047	427	14	38	22	3,558	1,670	658	99	2,088	206	27,608	13,885
1999	15,238	6,658	5,044	4,979	457	13	43	23	3,466	1,472	656	94	2,257	225	28,040	13,667
2000	15,323	6,495	5,381	4,831	443	14	25	30	3,251	1,512	613	76	2,618	277	28,545	13,396
2001	15,396	6,465	5,275	4,705	403	11	48	13	3,421	1,479	657	72	2,902	293	28,986	13,205
2002	15,907	6,629	5,361	4,737	397	12	40	20	3,298	1,552	590	73	2,959	308	29,466	13,529
2003	15,551	6,647	5,209	4,682	420	14	34	21	3,274	1,499	554	71	3,338	372	29,346	13,532
2004	15,390	6,562	5,103	4,638	433	7	43	24	3,237	1,435	626	96	3,591	433	29,443	13,387
2005	15,564	6,386	4,936	4,489	460	19	39	15	3,450	1,441	687	97	4,128	447	30,347	13,155
2006	15,199	6,390	4,707	4,223	455	11	36	19	3,332	1,459	675	94	4,387	423	29,849	12,842
2007	14,648	5,892	4,498	4,038	464	8	27	12	3,288	1,411	616	83	4,710	464	29,173	12,080
2008	13,022	5,239	3,910	3,314	382	10	33	13	3,078	1,331	624	92	4,835	471	26,744	10,665
2009	11,928	4,905	3,410	3,215	272	8	20	8	2,827	1,282	549	79	4,031	436	23,776	10,098
2010	11,103	4,923	3,257	3,022	302	9	24	11	2,961	1,339	537	84	4,079	438	22,988	10,006
2011	10,880	4,677	3,017	2,791	365	8	23	11	3,102	1,354	581	99	4,201	429	22,937	9,534
2012	11,234	4,681	3,029	2,904	371	5	25	14	3,337	1,478	639	89	4,527	457	23,961	9,809
2013	10,957	4,617	2,912	2,811	359	4	27	11	3,277	1,496	647	99	4,274	417	23,243	9,638
2014	10,978	4,514	2,786	2,798	373	6	23	6	3,426	1,477	640	81	3,936	365	23,266	9,463
2015	11,828	4,795	2,980	3,072	376	11	26	8	3,832	1,654	706	121	4,559	466	25,179	10,284
2016	12,504	5,129	3,054	3,204	422	4	28	15	4,245	1,810	714	128	4,872	462	26,773	10,988
2017	12,571	5,173	2,972	3,094	416	6	35	8	4,234	1,812	708	89	4,782	445	26,618	10,806
2018	12,171	5,087	2,783	2,964	398	11	39	16	4,420	1,940	750	115	4,587	450	26,040	10,766
2019	11,950	4,910	2,704	2,915	395	16	29	14	4,400	1,864	735	119	4,612	430	25,819	10,495
2020	13,186	5,113	2,879	2,879	370	7	23	10	4,631	1,885	816	117	5,150	462	28,161	10,746
2021	14,561	5,763	3,037	3,289	466	14	29	14	5,233	2,175	832	123	5,634	495	30,964	12,135
2022	14,062	5,489	2,973	3,134	456	16	45	16	5,274	2,193	930	141	5,736	480	30,669	11,737
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Motor vehicle crash deaths by type and sex, 1975-2022
Year	Passenger vehicle drivers		Passenger vehicle passengers		Large truck drivers		Large truck passengers		Pedestrians		Bicyclists		Motorcyclists		Total motor vehicle deaths*
Year	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female

Per capita passenger vehicle occupant death rates during 1975-2022 have been about twice as high for males as for females. From 1975 to 2022, the rate of passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people decreased 50% among males and 35% among females.

Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people by sex, 1975-2022

Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people by sex, 1975-2022
Year	Male			Female			Total*
Year	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate
1975	105,365,965	21,841	20.7	110,607,234	8,755	7.9	215,973,199	30,601	14.2
1976	106,308,604	22,300	21.0	111,726,560	9,420	8.4	218,035,164	31,724	14.5
1977	107,334,548	22,806	21.2	112,904,877	10,015	8.9	220,239,425	32,823	14.9
1978	108,423,580	24,443	22.5	114,160,965	10,477	9.2	222,584,545	34,923	15.7
1979	109,583,961	24,772	22.6	115,471,526	10,252	8.9	225,055,487	35,026	15.6
1980	110,398,754	24,649	22.3	116,825,965	10,342	8.9	227,224,719	34,996	15.4
1981	111,502,912	23,667	21.2	117,962,696	10,038	8.5	229,465,608	33,711	14.7
1982	112,579,479	20,496	18.2	119,085,017	9,158	7.7	231,664,496	29,656	12.8
1983	113,646,987	19,720	17.4	120,144,916	9,430	7.8	233,791,903	29,154	12.5
1984	114,670,252	20,103	17.5	121,154,531	9,991	8.2	235,824,783	30,094	12.8
1985	115,729,577	19,826	17.1	122,194,155	10,016	8.2	237,923,732	29,848	12.5
1986	116,865,225	21,677	18.5	123,267,616	10,514	8.5	240,132,841	32,224	13.4
1987	117,960,907	21,986	18.6	124,328,116	11,148	9.0	242,289,023	33,145	13.7
1988	119,085,496	22,633	19.0	125,413,340	11,459	9.1	244,498,836	34,105	13.9
1989	120,277,490	21,897	18.2	126,541,629	11,693	9.2	246,819,119	33,599	13.6
1990	121,626,118	21,564	17.7	127,838,278	11,132	8.7	249,464,396	32,711	13.1
1991	122,956,043	20,151	16.4	129,197,049	10,651	8.2	252,153,092	30,810	12.2
1992	124,423,544	19,077	15.3	130,606,155	10,350	7.9	255,029,699	29,457	11.6
1993	125,787,805	19,360	15.4	131,994,803	10,622	8.0	257,782,608	29,994	11.6
1994	127,049,175	19,730	15.5	133,277,846	11,078	8.3	260,327,021	30,820	11.8
1995	128,293,712	20,443	15.9	134,509,564	11,452	8.5	262,803,276	31,914	12.1
1996	129,504,353	20,491	15.8	135,724,219	11,852	8.7	265,228,572	32,354	12.2
1997	130,783,107	20,316	15.5	137,000,500	12,010	8.8	267,783,607	32,343	12.1
1998	132,029,729	20,058	15.2	138,218,274	11,715	8.5	270,248,003	31,781	11.8
1999	133,276,559	20,347	15.3	139,414,254	11,654	8.4	272,690,813	32,008	11.7
2000	138,468,999	20,759	15.0	143,723,163	11,346	7.9	282,192,162	32,109	11.4
2001	140,012,615	20,747	14.8	145,089,460	11,187	7.7	285,102,075	31,938	11.2
2002	141,518,989	21,326	15.1	146,422,231	11,389	7.8	287,941,220	32,724	11.4
2003	143,024,340	20,810	14.5	147,764,636	11,354	7.7	290,788,976	32,166	11.1
2004	144,537,408	20,534	14.2	149,117,996	11,215	7.5	293,655,404	31,750	10.8
2005	145,999,746	20,550	14.1	150,410,658	10,898	7.2	296,410,404	31,455	10.6
2006	147,512,152	19,977	13.5	151,886,332	10,641	7.0	299,398,484	30,628	10.2
2007	148,658,898	19,198	12.9	152,962,259	9,952	6.5	301,621,157	29,155	9.7
2008	149,924,604	16,973	11.3	154,135,120	8,568	5.6	304,059,724	25,547	8.4
2009	151,449,490	15,376	10.2	155,557,060	8,126	5.2	307,006,550	23,507	7.7
2010	152,077,478	14,395	9.5	157,249,665	7,953	5.1	309,327,143	22,351	7.2
2011	153,212,980	13,928	9.1	158,370,501	7,478	4.7	311,583,481	21,413	6.9
2012	154,397,027	14,304	9.3	159,480,635	7,598	4.8	313,877,662	21,906	7.0
2013	155,514,054	13,913	8.9	160,545,893	7,442	4.6	316,059,947	21,361	6.8
2014	156,695,810	13,803	8.8	161,690,519	7,325	4.5	318,386,329	21,131	6.6
2015	157,906,843	14,852	9.4	162,832,151	7,878	4.8	320,738,994	22,741	7.1
2016	159,085,693	15,590	9.8	163,986,062	8,359	5.1	323,071,755	23,957	7.4
2017	160,113,445	15,582	9.7	165,008,683	8,276	5.0	325,122,128	23,866	7.3
2018	160,960,513	14,977	9.3	165,877,686	8,061	4.9	326,838,199	23,046	7.1
2019	161,692,336	14,689	9.1	166,637,617	7,841	4.7	328,329,953	22,557	6.9
2020	162,256,202	16,101	9.9	167,227,921	8,006	4.8	329,484,123	24,135	7.3
2021	164,384,742	17,619	10.7	167,509,003	9,070	5.4	331,893,745	26,728	8.1
2022	165,283,553	17,064	10.3	168,004,004	8,633	5.1	333,287,557	25,726	7.7
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people by sex, 1975-2022
Year	Male			Female			Total*
Year	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate

Age differences

Based on an analysis of data from April 2016 through March 2017 from FARS and the National Household Travel Survey, the number of driver fatal crash involvements per 100 million miles driven in 2016-17 was 63% higher for males (2.1 per 100 million miles traveled) than for females (1.3 per 100 million miles traveled). Rates were substantially higher for males than for females ages 16-29, but the differences were smaller for ages 30 and older. The sex difference was largest among drivers ages 20-29.

Passenger vehicle fatal crash rates per 100 million miles traveled, by driver sex, April 2016 - March 2017
Age	Male			Female			Total*
Age	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate
16-19	2,019	31,732,691,896	6.4	1,003	30,677,731,652	3.3	3,023	62,410,423,548	4.8
20-29	7,327	187,497,565,846	3.9	3,246	198,148,511,278	1.6	10,578	385,646,077,124	2.7
30-59	12,875	785,270,175,131	1.6	6,011	558,224,868,022	1.1	18,888	1,343,495,043,154	1.4
60-69	3,019	207,918,951,320	1.5	1,380	136,711,746,704	1.0	4,400	344,630,698,024	1.3
≥70	2,924	104,684,593,355	2.8	1,377	66,739,614,422	2.1	4,302	171,424,207,778	2.5
Total*	28,182	1,317,103,977,548	2.1	13,020	990,502,472,079	1.3	41,234	2,307,606,449,627	1.8
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Passenger vehicle fatal crash rates per 100 million miles traveled, by driver sex, April 2016 - March 2017
Age	Male			Female			Total*
Age	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate

In 2022, the rates of passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people were much higher among males than among females for every age group. Male passenger vehicle occupants ages 80 years and older had the highest fatality rates, followed by males ages 20-24 years. Fatality rates were lowest among occupants 0-15 years old for both males and females.

Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people by age and sex, 2022
Age	Male			Female			Total*
Age	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate
0-15	32,661,995	479	1.5	31,171,958	421	1.4	63,833,953	901	1.4
16-19	8,828,942	1,297	14.7	8,410,284	620	7.4	17,239,226	1,919	11.1
20-24	11,601,988	1,949	16.8	11,103,791	886	8.0	22,705,779	2,838	12.5
25-29	11,352,742	1,798	15.8	10,840,422	771	7.1	22,193,164	2,570	11.6
30-34	11,836,820	1,613	13.6	11,471,316	768	6.7	23,308,136	2,384	10.2
35-39	11,302,300	1,399	12.4	10,965,649	605	5.5	22,267,949	2,006	9.0
40-44	10,817,889	1,209	11.2	10,609,527	508	4.8	21,427,416	1,717	8.0
45-49	9,844,989	1,008	10.2	9,779,109	467	4.8	19,624,098	1,476	7.5
50-54	10,434,641	1,020	9.8	10,372,906	502	4.8	20,807,547	1,522	7.3
55-59	10,373,923	992	9.6	10,593,091	529	5.0	20,967,014	1,521	7.3
60-64	10,297,980	1,025	10.0	10,820,443	483	4.5	21,118,423	1,508	7.1
65-69	8,873,901	856	9.6	9,757,521	444	4.6	18,631,422	1,301	7.0
70-74	7,036,771	742	10.5	8,120,246	460	5.7	15,157,017	1,202	7.9
75-79	4,909,686	659	13.4	5,951,314	434	7.3	10,861,000	1,093	10.1
80-84	2,825,159	490	17.3	3,834,386	333	8.7	6,659,545	824	12.4
≥85	2,283,827	494	21.6	4,202,041	382	9.1	6,485,868	879	13.6
Total	165,283,553	17,064	10.3	168,004,004	8,633	5.1	333,287,557	25,726	7.7
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people by age and sex, 2022
Age	Male			Female			Total*
Age	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate	Population	Deaths	Rate

Alcohol involvement

Each year from 1982 to 2022, the proportion of fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) at or above 0.08% has been substantially higher for males than for females, although the difference has been shrinking over recent years.

Fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08%, 1982-2022
Year	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers killed	Estimated deaths with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated deaths with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated deaths with BACs ≥ 0.08
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%
1982	15,129	8,529	56	4,534	1,495	33	19,664	10,024	51
1983	14,620	8,070	55	4,716	1,458	31	19,338	9,529	49
1984	14,934	7,856	53	5,366	1,523	28	20,300	9,379	46
1985	14,768	7,325	50	5,288	1,348	25	20,058	8,674	43
1986	15,935	7,950	50	5,564	1,444	26	21,503	9,396	44
1987	16,133	7,787	48	6,022	1,554	26	22,157	9,343	42
1988	16,744	8,080	48	6,140	1,500	24	22,884	9,581	42
1989	16,284	7,710	47	6,269	1,491	24	22,554	9,201	41
1990	15,901	7,591	48	6,049	1,380	23	21,953	8,973	41
1991	14,824	6,916	47	5,727	1,326	23	20,551	8,242	40
1992	14,021	6,216	44	5,550	1,217	22	19,573	7,434	38
1993	14,298	6,114	43	5,737	1,213	21	20,036	7,328	37
1994	14,612	5,898	40	6,034	1,184	20	20,647	7,083	34
1995	15,164	6,216	41	6,293	1,272	20	21,457	7,488	35
1996	15,066	6,063	40	6,563	1,272	19	21,631	7,336	34
1997	15,023	5,819	39	6,683	1,248	19	21,711	7,069	33
1998	14,975	5,712	38	6,651	1,232	19	21,627	6,945	32
1999	15,238	5,832	38	6,658	1,161	17	21,899	6,994	32
2000	15,323	5,844	38	6,495	1,283	20	21,819	7,127	33
2001	15,396	5,954	39	6,465	1,250	19	21,862	7,205	33
2002	15,907	6,182	39	6,629	1,199	18	22,537	7,381	33
2003	15,551	5,938	38	6,647	1,182	18	22,200	7,120	32
2004	15,390	5,804	38	6,562	1,148	17	21,952	6,952	32
2005	15,564	5,897	38	6,386	1,205	19	21,953	7,104	32
2006	15,199	5,776	38	6,390	1,387	22	21,592	7,164	33
2007	14,648	5,841	40	5,892	1,216	21	20,542	7,057	34
2008	13,022	5,211	40	5,239	1,067	20	18,266	6,280	34
2009	11,928	4,743	40	4,905	1,048	21	16,834	5,791	34
2010	11,103	4,114	37	4,923	1,062	22	16,029	5,177	32
2011	10,880	4,112	38	4,677	951	20	15,561	5,065	33
2012	11,234	4,263	38	4,681	941	20	15,915	5,205	33
2013	10,957	4,121	38	4,617	985	21	15,577	5,109	33
2014	10,978	3,937	36	4,514	967	21	15,495	4,906	32
2015	11,828	3,916	33	4,795	998	21	16,629	4,916	30
2016	12,504	4,118	33	5,129	1,027	20	17,641	5,149	29
2017	12,571	4,101	33	5,173	1,013	20	17,751	5,116	29
2018	12,171	3,908	32	5,087	1,048	21	17,263	4,957	29
2019	11,950	3,768	32	4,910	1,014	21	16,878	4,791	28
2020	13,186	4,343	33	5,113	1,189	23	18,316	5,540	30
2021	14,561	4,830	33	5,763	1,350	23	20,349	6,191	30
2022	14,062	4,709	33	5,489	1,328	24	19,565	6,042	31
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08%, 1982-2022
Year	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers killed	Estimated deaths with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated deaths with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated deaths with BACs ≥ 0.08
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%

Speeding

Each year from 1982 to 2022, speeding was identified as a contributing factor for a greater percentage of male drivers than female drivers involved in fatal crashes.

Percentage of fatal crash involvements for male and female passenger vehicle drivers coded as speeding, 1982-2022
Year	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%
1982	34,308	9,156	27	10,409	1,656	16	45,115	10,857	24
1983	32,876	8,442	26	10,722	1,618	15	43,833	10,100	23
1984	34,003	8,442	25	11,618	1,769	15	45,888	10,268	22
1985	33,934	8,746	26	11,832	1,908	16	46,027	10,700	23
1986	36,014	9,676	27	12,444	2,004	16	48,794	11,735	24
1987	36,686	9,623	26	13,295	2,168	16	50,353	11,855	24
1988	37,601	9,941	26	13,652	2,132	16	51,576	12,127	24
1989	36,290	9,424	26	13,769	2,229	16	50,380	11,696	23
1990	35,355	8,876	25	13,455	1,958	15	49,118	10,883	22
1991	32,762	8,303	25	12,570	1,942	15	45,639	10,301	23
1992	31,343	7,666	24	12,339	1,807	15	43,943	9,531	22
1993	31,951	7,567	24	12,792	1,866	15	45,002	9,467	21
1994	32,444	7,529	23	13,274	1,945	15	45,999	9,518	21
1995	33,719	8,039	24	13,893	2,087	15	47,895	10,174	21
1996	33,511	7,858	23	14,538	2,171	15	48,336	10,074	21
1997	33,095	7,832	24	14,611	2,231	15	48,026	10,124	21
1998	32,678	7,495	23	14,745	2,119	14	47,715	9,680	20
1999	32,619	7,507	23	14,455	2,065	14	47,304	9,614	20
2000	32,945	7,333	22	14,422	2,098	15	47,645	9,478	20
2001	32,999	7,490	23	14,518	2,067	14	47,799	9,598	20
2002	33,520	8,184	24	14,581	2,227	15	48,392	10,454	22
2003	33,131	7,808	24	14,758	2,234	15	48,171	10,090	21
2004	32,402	7,572	23	14,913	2,136	14	47,548	9,743	20
2005	32,824	7,704	23	14,555	2,147	15	47,628	9,895	21
2006	31,743	7,640	24	14,254	2,141	15	46,207	9,819	21
2007	30,829	7,464	24	13,726	2,002	15	44,734	9,506	21
2008	27,421	6,407	23	12,145	1,830	15	39,741	8,260	21
2009	24,887	5,985	24	11,461	1,668	15	36,486	7,682	21
2010	23,854	5,706	24	11,422	1,766	15	35,415	7,508	21
2011	23,542	5,476	23	10,885	1,514	14	34,554	7,011	20
2012	24,472	5,611	23	11,238	1,582	14	35,855	7,209	20
2013	23,918	5,217	22	11,016	1,551	14	35,093	6,803	19
2014	24,014	5,029	21	10,916	1,366	13	35,117	6,436	18
2015	26,529	5,247	20	11,960	1,473	12	38,742	6,762	17
2016	28,201	5,447	19	12,958	1,623	13	41,470	7,119	17
2017	28,273	5,385	19	13,245	1,464	11	41,777	6,889	16
2018	27,851	5,243	19	12,966	1,417	11	41,064	6,706	16
2019	27,506	5,142	19	12,557	1,461	12	40,383	6,640	16
2020	29,348	6,255	21	12,639	1,619	13	42,307	7,935	19
2021	32,909	6,707	20	14,694	1,920	13	48,076	8,710	18
2022	32,195	6,490	20	14,129	1,766	12	46,786	8,348	18
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Percentage of fatal crash involvements for male and female passenger vehicle drivers coded as speeding, 1982-2022
Year	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%

The percent of fatal crash involvements for which drivers were coded as speeding was higher for men than for women across all age groups, but the difference was largest among 15- to 19-year-olds. Drivers under 20 years of age also had a higher rate of speeding-related fatal crash involvements than any other age group.

Percentage of fatal crash involvements for male and female passenger vehicle drivers coded as speeding by age, 2022
Age	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%
15-19	2,346	812	35	958	187	20	3,307	999	30
20-29	7,453	2,105	28	3,217	569	18	10,683	2,677	25
30-59	15,417	2,882	19	6,802	817	12	22,241	3,706	17
60-69	3,455	379	11	1,482	101	7	4,941	480	10
≥70	3,402	268	8	1,644	87	5	5,054	355	7
Total*	32,195	6,490	20	14,129	1,766	12	46,786	8,348	18
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Percentage of fatal crash involvements for male and female passenger vehicle drivers coded as speeding by age, 2022
Age	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding		Drivers involved	Coded as speeding
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%

Fatality Facts 2022Males and females

Overview

Trends

Age differences

Alcohol involvement

Speeding