Motor Vehicle Crash Injury & Death

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Overview:

No one wakes up thinking they will lose a loved one in a car crash that day. Every day about 100 people die in crashes and more than 1,000 suffer life-changing injuries.

Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for children and young adults ages 5 to 24, and the number two cause of death for adults 25 and older and for toddlers, according to the Centers for Disease Control.¹

Impact on West Virginia:

341 West Virginia residents died due to motor vehicle crashes in 2015 representing close to 17% of all injury related deaths².
292 West Virginia residents were hospitalized due to motor vehicle crashes in 2015 representing 8% of all injury related hospitalizations³.

Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), National Vital Statistics System. Produced by: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC using WISQARS

Data Source: West Virginia Health Statistics Center, Vital Statistics System. ²

Data Source: West Virginia Health Care Authority Hospital Inpatient Billing Data. ³

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