Fourth of July 2017: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over the Fourth of July 2017, a Tuesday, 137 people died in 121 fatal car accidents on US roads, 48% more than the 93 on the same weekdays around it. It was the seventh most of the ten from 2015 to 2024.
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Fourth of July 2017 road deaths in every state
Texas had the most, 20 deaths, then Missouri with 12. In 38 of 51 states and DC at least one person died; a 0 is a real count of none. One year's counts are too small to rank states by; every year together ranks them per resident.
| State | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Pedestrians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 20 | 15 | 4 |
| Missouri | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| California | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Illinois | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Florida | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Arizona | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Ohio | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oregon | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New York | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count
Questions about Fourth of July 2017 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on the Fourth of July 2017?
- 137 people died in 121 fatal crashes on US roads over the Fourth of July 2017, a Tuesday, 48% more than the 93 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 22 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on the Fourth of July 2017?
- Texas, with 20 deaths. In 38 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was the Fourth of July 2017 deadlier than usual?
- 137 road deaths was the seventh most of the ten from 2015 to 2024; the average is 141. The deadliest was 2021 and the least deadly 2019.
Where the Fourth of July 2017 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from July 4, midnight to midnight in 2017, in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, final file. The normal day is the same weekdays in the weeks before and after, averaged (6 of them this year). How the holiday is counted.