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NHTSA’s 2025 annual early estimate covers road traffic deaths across the United States. It is a statistical estimate subject to revision, not a live incident count. Quarterly and partial-year reports do not replace this annual total.
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Reported snapshot · does not accrue with time
What makes this number move?
Reporting period: 2025
Changes when a new source observation is loaded.
Select the latest full-calendar-year Early Estimate report from NHTSA’s official publication catalog. Exclude first-quarter, first-half and subcategory reports; use its published national fatality estimate.
NHTSA early estimate subject to revision, not a live death count. Catalog modification date is not a confirmed publication date. No interpolation.
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An estimate distributes a reported total over time. It does not identify an incident occurring at the moment the number changes.
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Compare equivalent incident definitions and exposure where available. Fatalities, crashes and injuries are different totals.
How this number works
Select the latest full-calendar-year Early Estimate report from NHTSA’s official publication catalog. Exclude first-quarter, first-half and subcategory reports; use its published national fatality estimate.
NHTSA early estimate subject to revision, not a live death count. Catalog modification date is not a confirmed publication date. No interpolation.
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Annual road traffic deaths · early estimate
- Period
- 2025
- Source release date
- Not supplied
- Version
- NHTSA DOT HS 813800 · annual early estimate
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-26T15:30:32.913Z