Age Groups
- Young Drivers (16–19 years old):
- Representation: Comprise 3.6% of licensed drivers.
- Involvement in Crashes: Account for 9.1% of all crashes and 6.1% of fatal crashes.
- Risk Factor: This age group has a crash rate per mile driven approximately 3.3 times higher than the overall average.
- Older Drivers (65 years and older):
- Representation: Drivers aged 65 to 74 make up 13.4% of licensed drivers.
- Involvement in Crashes: Involved in 7.1% of all crashes and 8.8% of fatal crashes.
- Fatality Rates: Crash deaths per 100,000 population begin increasing for males at ages 75–79 and for females at ages 70–74.
Gender
- Fatalities:
- Males: Consistently account for more than twice the number of crash deaths compared to females annually.
- Trends (1975–2022): Male crash deaths declined by about 6%, while female crash deaths decreased by almost 1%.
- Crash Rates:
- Per Mile Driven: Men have a crash rate of 2.1 per 100 million miles traveled, whereas women have a rate of 1.3, making men approximately 61% more likely to be involved in an accident per mile driven.
Occupational Trends
- Work-Related Fatalities:
- Total in 2023: 5,283 fatal work injuries recorded, a 3.7% decrease from 5,486 in 2022.
- Fatality Rate: 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, down from 3.7 in 2022.
- Leading Cause: Transportation incidents remain the most frequent type of fatal event, accounting for 40% of all work-related fatalities.
- High-Risk Occupations:
- Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers: Experienced the highest number of fatalities among broad occupation groups, with 966 deaths reported.
- Farming, Fishing, and Forestry: These occupations have the highest fatality rate among all occupations.