Labor Day 2017: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Labor Day weekend 2017, Saturday to Monday (September 2 to 4), 328 people died in 309 fatal car accidents on US roads, 6% fewer than the 348 on the same weekdays around it. It was the fewest of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Labor Day (the Monday) alone: 87 deaths, against 93 on a normal day.
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Labor Day 2017 road deaths in every state
Texas had the most, 35 deaths, then Florida with 30. In 46 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 | 35 | 31 | 4 |
| Florida | 30 | 29 | 6 |
| California | 28 | 28 | 3 |
| Ohio | 18 | 16 | 1 |
| Georgia | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| Michigan | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Iowa | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Illinois | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| New York | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Missouri | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Arizona | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Colorado | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Indiana | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kansas | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Oregon | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Maryland | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Alabama | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Utah | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Maine | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Vermont | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alaska | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 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 Labor Day 2017 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Labor Day 2017?
- 328 people died in 309 fatal crashes on US roads over Labor Day weekend 2017, Saturday to Monday (September 2 to 4), 6% fewer than the 348 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 36 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Labor Day 2017?
- Texas, with 35 deaths. In 46 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Labor Day 2017 deadlier than usual?
- 328 road deaths was the fewest of the ten from 2015 to 2024; the average is 410.
Where the Labor Day 2017 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from Saturday to Monday of Labor Day weekend in 2017, 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.