Traffic Fatalities as of December 26, 2024
- This Year: 50
- YTD Last Year: 49
- Percent Change: 2%
NOTE: The Traffic Safety and Specialized Enforcement Branch is also currently investigating four Special Circumstance Investigations in which motorists may have suffered from a medical emergency, resulting in their deaths. The actual crash may not have caused the death. These cases are not included in the traffic fatality count.
20-Year Traffic Fatality Trend
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Year |
'04 | '05 | '06* | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14** | '15 | '16*** | '17 | '18+ | '19 | '20++ | '21 | '22 | '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatalities | 45 | 49 | 43 | 54 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 32 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 27 | 37 | 40 | 35 | 52 |
*The MPD Major Crash Unit recorded 41 traffic fatalities in 2006; two additional traffic fatalities that occurred in DC in 2006 were recorded by the Park Police, for a total of 43 traffic fatalities in the District of Columbia in 2006.
**One of the 2014 traffic fatalities is from a crash that occurred on US Park Police territory (Rock Creek Parkway) on 5/22/14.
***Two of the 2016 traffic fatalities are from a crash that occurred on US Park Police territory (Rock Creek Parkway on 7/9/16).
+Two of the 2018 traffic fatalities are from a crash that occurred on US Park Police territory.
++One fatality in 2020 occurred on US Park Police jurisdiction (12/20/20)