Fourth of July 2024: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over the Fourth of July 2024, a Thursday, 144 people died in 128 fatal car accidents on US roads, 43% more than the 101 on the same weekdays around it. It was the fifth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024.
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Fourth of July 2024 road deaths in every state
Texas had the most, 20 deaths, then California with 17. In 35 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 | 18 | 2 |
| California | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| Florida | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| New York | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Washington | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Michigan | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Georgia | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Indiana | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Arizona | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Illinois | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Ohio | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Missouri | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Utah | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Montana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 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 2024 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on the Fourth of July 2024?
- 144 people died in 128 fatal crashes on US roads over the Fourth of July 2024, a Thursday, 43% more than the 101 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 26 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on the Fourth of July 2024?
- Texas, with 20 deaths. In 35 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was the Fourth of July 2024 deadlier than usual?
- 144 road deaths was the fifth 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 2024 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from July 4, midnight to midnight in 2024, in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (2024 Annual Report File; the 2024 figures are from the Annual Report File and may be revised when NHTSA releases the 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.