Memorial Day 2016: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Memorial Day weekend 2016, Saturday to Monday (May 28 to 30), 401 people died in 358 fatal car accidents on US roads, 13% more than the 354 on the same weekdays around it. It was the fifth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Memorial Day (the Monday) alone: 120 deaths, against 97 on a normal day.
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Memorial Day 2016 road deaths in every state
Florida had the most, 43 deaths, then California with 38. In 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 43 | 36 | 9 |
| California | 38 | 36 | 5 |
| Texas | 38 | 34 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 17 | 16 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 17 | 14 | 1 |
| Illinois | 16 | 13 | 2 |
| Missouri | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| New York | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Ohio | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| Georgia | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Oregon | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Alabama | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Idaho | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Arizona | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Washington | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Indiana | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Maryland | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Virginia | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Nevada | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Vermont | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Utah | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alaska | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Montana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 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 Memorial Day 2016 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Memorial Day 2016?
- 401 people died in 358 fatal crashes on US roads over Memorial Day weekend 2016, Saturday to Monday (May 28 to 30), 13% more than the 354 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 47 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Memorial Day 2016?
- Florida, with 43 deaths. In 47 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Memorial Day 2016 deadlier than usual?
- 401 road deaths was the fifth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024; the average is 397. The deadliest was 2022 and the least deadly 2017.
Where the Memorial Day 2016 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from Saturday to Monday of Memorial Day weekend in 2016, 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.