Super Bowl Sunday 2020: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Super Bowl Sunday 2020, February 2, 106 people died in 97 fatal car accidents on US roads, 10% more than the 97 on the same weekdays around it. It was the fourth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Game night (6 pm to 6 am) alone: 62 deaths, against 38 on a normal day.
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Super Bowl Sunday 2020 road deaths in every state
California had the most, 18 deaths, then Florida with 11. In 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | 17 | 2 |
| Florida | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| Texas | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Missouri | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Alabama | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Illinois | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Ohio | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| New York | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maine | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 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 Super Bowl Sunday 2020 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Super Bowl Sunday 2020?
- 106 people died in 97 fatal crashes on US roads over Super Bowl Sunday 2020, February 2, 10% more than the 97 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 21 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Super Bowl Sunday 2020?
- California, with 18 deaths. In 31 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Super Bowl Sunday 2020 deadlier than usual?
- 106 road deaths was the fourth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024; the average is 102. The deadliest was 2021 and the least deadly 2015.
Where the Super Bowl Sunday 2020 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from the Sunday of the game, midnight to midnight in 2020, 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.