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Originally Posted by DickR

That number is global. In the US, it's currently around 37,000/year. It peaked at over 54,000/yr back in the 60s, but things have gotten less bad since then. For most of this decade, the fatalities per 100,000 in the population has been running around 10-11, down from a high of almost 30 in 1937. Safety features in cars (seatbelts, airbags, etc) clearly have reduced deaths. Here is a tabulation of year by year deaths since 1899: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_...n_U.S._by_year

It seemed high when I googled it. Thank you for clarifying! Still makes my point, I'm glad to say.