Super Bowl Sunday 2021: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Super Bowl Sunday 2021, February 7, 127 people died in 115 fatal car accidents on US roads, 30% more than the 98 on the same weekdays around it. It was the most of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Game night (6 pm to 6 am) alone: 54 deaths, against 50 on a normal day.
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Super Bowl Sunday 2021 road deaths in every state
Texas had the most, 21 deaths, then Florida with 14. In 32 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 | 21 | 20 | 3 |
| Florida | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| California | 14 | 12 | 3 |
| Georgia | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Alabama | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Oregon | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Virginia | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ohio | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Missouri | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New York | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 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 2021 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Super Bowl Sunday 2021?
- 127 people died in 115 fatal crashes on US roads over Super Bowl Sunday 2021, February 7, 30% more than the 98 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 20 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Super Bowl Sunday 2021?
- Texas, with 21 deaths. In 32 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Super Bowl Sunday 2021 deadlier than usual?
- 127 road deaths was the most of the ten from 2015 to 2024; the average is 102.
Where the Super Bowl Sunday 2021 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from the Sunday of the game, midnight to midnight in 2021, 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.