How many people die in car crashes?

Annual Global Road Crash Statistics Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled. read more

More than 32,000 people die every year in car accidents. In 2013 (the most recent year for which statistics are available), California car crashes accounted for 3,000 of those deaths. Southern California motorists are killed in car crashes every day. read more

There were 43,669 people injured in car crashes in 2016, the last year for which such data is available. Alcohol was a factor in 5,153 crashes in 2016. In those accidents, 190 people died and 2,872 people were injured. The same year school buses were involved in 610 crashes, that resulted in injuries to 175 school bus occupants. read more