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What do we actually know about Detroit?

Two public records. The Census Bureau estimates Detroit has about 649,095 residents. The federal crash census (NHTSA FARS) counts 994 fatal crashes in Wayne County from 2020 to 2024, the most in 2020 (235). Those are county-wide counts, not Detroit alone. Neither figure says an attorney is available here, and neither indicates what any particular case is worth.

Detroit has a population of about 649,095 (US Census Bureau, Population Estimates).

994 fatal traffic crashes were reported in Wayne County between 2020 and 2024 (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). This counts crashes across the whole county, not this city alone, and is not a prediction about any claim. Source

How many fatal crashes happen in Wayne County each year?

Fatal traffic crashes reported in Wayne County, by year (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). County-wide counts, not this city alone, and not a prediction about any claim.
YearFatal crashesDeathsPedestrians killed
202023525378
202120221965
202220121668
202319020171
202416617744

When and where did those crashes happen?

  • 606 of the 994 fatal crashes (61%) happened after dark.
  • 8 of the 994 fatal crashes (1%) happened on roads classed as rural.
  • 32 of the 994 fatal crashes (3%) began with a cyclist being struck.

NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2020–2024, across Wayne County. "After dark" is the crash report's light condition; "rural" is the road's classification, not the city's; a cyclist is counted only when being struck was the first harmful event. Source

These are public figures about the area, published by the agencies named beside them. They describe roads and populations, not claims, and none of them says anything about what any particular case is worth.

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