Terrorist Attacks

Are scary but very unlikely to cause your death.

img deaths by terrorist attack in USA

Compared to auto fatalities.

Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year:

YearDeathsVMT– Vehicle miles traveled (billions)Fatalities per 100 million VMTPopulationFatalities per 100,000 populationChange in per capita fatalities from previous year
199941,7172,6911.55272,690,81315.30Positive decrease-0.4%
200041,9452,7471.53282,216,95214.86Positive decrease-2.9%
2001[2]42,1962,7971.51285,226,28414.79Positive decrease-0.5%
200243,0052,8561.51288,125,97314.93Negative increase0.9%
............288,125,97314.93...
2011[7]32,4792,9501.10311,588,00010.42Positive decrease-2.3%
2012[8]33,7822,9691.14313,914,00010.75Negative increase2.6%
201332,8932,9881.10316,129,00010.40Positive decrease-3.3%
201432,7443,0261.08318,860,00010.28Positive decrease-1.2%
201535,4853,0951.15321,370,00011.06Negative increase7.6%
2016[9]37,8063,1741.19323,121,00011.59Negative increase4.8%
2017[9][10]37,4733,2131.16326,213,21311.40Positive decrease-1.6%
2018[10][11]36,8353,2231.13327,096,26511.18Positive decrease-1.9%
2019[12]36,3553,2481.10328,231,337[13]10.99Positive decrease-1.2%
2020[14]38,8242,9041.34331,449,281[15]11.67Negative increase7.1%
2021[16]42,939[17]3,230[18]1.37332,915,073[19]12.89Negative increase10.5%
2022[20]42,795[21]1.35338,289,857[22]Positive decrease-0.3%