Uber and Lyft Accident Statistics

Rideshare services like Uber and Lyft have made 11 billion trips in the United States since their introduction in 2010.

Uber made nearly 4 billion trips in the U.S. between 2017 and 2018. That works out to about 45 rides per second.

Research shows that rideshare services account for about a 3 percent increase in traffic-accident fatalities since 2011. That’s about 987 deaths per day and due to the increasing number of rideshare vehicles on the road.

Uber vehicles were involved in 97 fatal crashes between 2017 and 2018, leading to 107 deaths. Of that number, 21 percent of the crash victims were the rider, 21 percent were the driver, and the remaining 58 percent were third parties.

91 million consumers actively use the Uber app each month.

An increasing number of rideshare accidents occur at drop-off and pick-up locations.

90 percent of Uber crashes occur in urban areas.