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NHTSA press release: “NHTSA Estimates 39,345 Traffic Fatalities in 2024” (April 2025 early estimate), updated by final data release April 1, 2026

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Data release
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2026-04-01

NHTSA’s early estimate of 2024 traffic fatalities, superseded by the final data release of April 1, 2026 confirming 39,254 fatalities and a rate of 1.19 per 100 million VMT. The paper also cites the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety coverage of the same April 1, 2026 release.

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