Super Bowl Sunday 2023: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Super Bowl Sunday 2023, February 12, 91 people died in 83 fatal car accidents on US roads, 15% fewer than the 107 on the same weekdays around it. It was the eighth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Game night (6 pm to 6 am) alone: 41 deaths, against 53 on a normal day.
2022 · 2024 · Every year together, day by day and state by state.
Super Bowl Sunday 2023 road deaths in every state
Texas had the most, 13 deaths, then California with 10. In 33 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 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| California | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Virginia | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Florida | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Arizona | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Georgia | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Utah | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New York | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 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 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 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 |
| Oregon | 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 Super Bowl Sunday 2023 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Super Bowl Sunday 2023?
- 91 people died in 83 fatal crashes on US roads over Super Bowl Sunday 2023, February 12, 15% fewer than the 107 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 17 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Super Bowl Sunday 2023?
- Texas, with 13 deaths. In 33 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Super Bowl Sunday 2023 deadlier than usual?
- 91 road deaths was the eighth 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 2023 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from the Sunday of the game, midnight to midnight in 2023, 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.