U.S. highway vehicle fires: property damage 1980-2019

In 2019, there were 189,500 highway vehicle fires reported in the United States which caused property damage worth of 1.64 billion U.S. dollars. This is a slight increase from the year before, when highway vehicle fires caused property damage worth of 1.4 billion U.S. dollars.

Reported direct property damage caused by highway vehicle fires in the United States from 1980 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Reported property damage in billion U.S. dollars
1980	0.5
1981	0.5
1982	0.5
1983	0.6
1984	0.6
1985	0.7
1986	0.7
1987	0.7
1988	0.8
1989	0.8
1990	0.8
1991	0.8
1992	0.8
1993	0.9
1994	1
1995	1
1996	1.1
1997	1.1
1998	1.1
1999	1.1
2000	1.2
2001*	1.3
2002	1.2
2003	1.1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	1
2007	1.1
2008	1.2
2009	1
2010	1
2011	1
2012	1.3
2013	1.1
2014	1.1
2015	1.2
2016	0.9
2017	1.45
2018	1.4
2019	1.64

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September 2020

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United States

Survey time period

1980 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Highway vehicles include any vehicle designed to operate normally on highways, such as automobiles, motorcycles, buses, trucks, and trailers, but not manufactured homes on foundations. Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, like business interruption.

Figures from prior to 2017 were taken from previous editions of the report.

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