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From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [ 5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [ 6]
2000. March 16 – Canada – A van carrying ten daycare children and a teacher collided with a car in Nicolet, Quebec, killing eight children. [ 1] July 7 – Spain – A bus collided head-on with a truck near Soria, killing 27 and injuring 13. [ 2] August 28 – Nigeria – Abuja bus crash.
The 51-year-old operator of an auto repair shop slammed into a guard rail and was hit by another car but died of a heart attack. [117] Gary Neice (USA) [118] May 4, 1991 Carquest Auto Parts Stores 300 South Boston Speedway: Race Busch Grand National Series: The 36-year-old professional race car driver hit a wall but died of a heart attack. [119]
Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery collision between a school bus and semitruck on a highway in rural Illinois, including a young brother and sister, another 3-year-old ...
2013 75 years Italian actor car Civitavecchia, Italy Two passengers died in car crash. [159] Bill George: 1929 1982 52 years American American football Hall of Famer van Rockford, Illinois: Mr. George was driving eastbound on Illinois 72 when a tractor-trailer struck his van at an intersection. [160] Ifeanyi George: 1993 2020 26 years Nigerian ...
The car was built by her cousins, the sons of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. [3] 1891 – United States – John William Lambert was involved in the first recorded automobile crash in American history. The crash occurred in Ohio City, Ohio. Lambert's vehicle—the first single-cylinder gasoline automobile—was carrying Lambert and James ...
A 16-year-old girl from Lake Forest, California, was driving the jet ski, and a 13-year-old girl from Long Grove, Illinois, was a passenger, according to a preliminary investigation by the sheriff ...
Performing a "wheelie" on a motorcycle is banned in Illinois. [3] Illinois bans the sale of shark fins. [4] The Senate approves a deal to avert general tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff". [5] [6] [7] January 2 – President Barack Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, intended to prevent the "fiscal cliff". [8]