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What do we actually know about Charlotte?

Two public records. The Census Bureau estimates Charlotte has about 964,784 residents. The federal crash census (NHTSA FARS) counts 521 fatal crashes in Mecklenburg County from 2020 to 2024, the most in 2024 (115). Those are county-wide counts, not Charlotte alone. Neither figure says an attorney is available here, and neither indicates what any particular case is worth.

Charlotte has a population of about 964,784 (US Census Bureau, Population Estimates).

521 fatal traffic crashes were reported in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County each year?

Fatal traffic crashes reported in Mecklenburg 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
202010310833
202110911834
202210211232
2023929730
202411512141

When and where did those crashes happen?

  • 318 of the 521 fatal crashes (61%) happened after dark.
  • 14 of the 521 fatal crashes (3%) happened on roads classed as rural.
  • 11 of the 521 fatal crashes (2%) began with a cyclist being struck.

NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2020–2024, across Mecklenburg 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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