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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/FARS-car-crash-fatality-chart.gif744303The bad news: nearly 33,000 people in the US died in car crashes last year. The good news: that was the lowest number of collision fatalities since 1949!! Take a look at the chart, from the US Department of Transportation: the black lines represent the number of fatalities each year, and the green line represent fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles. Total fatalities are at their lowest level since 1949, and fatalities per have now fallen to their lowest level since...well, probably since the car itself became a significant part of the nation's transportation system. In 2011, collision fatalities per mile were about 1/7th as high as in the 1950s.