The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates 31,785 people lost their lives in traffic crashes in the first nine months of 2022 — a tiny dip in deaths compared to the 31,850 in the same period of 2021.
In the last 30 years, the U.S. has not kept pace with declining traffic death rates in Europe, East Asia, and Canada. Find out why.
The Federal Highway Administration announced a final rule that aims to improve safety for all road users by ensuring that pavement markings are made more visible in dark or low light conditions.
In 2018, distracted driving contributed to 2,841 deaths and 938,000 accidents, according to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and NHTSA.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has found that traffic fatalities fell 2% in 2019, and early 2020 estimates show another 2% decline, though vehicle miles traveled this year dropped 16.6% year-over-year.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released data showing that 2,030 more people died in transportation accidents in 2016 than in 2015, with highway deaths accounting for 95% of all transportation fatalities.
Nearly 19,000 people died in traffic collisions in the U.S. during the first six months of this year, according to the National Safety Council.
The National Safety Council’s estimated annual mileage death rate for 2014 sank to 1.18 deaths per 100 million miles traveled, matching the council’s lowest preliminary estimate on record.
U.S. traffic deaths fell 4.2 percent in the first six months of 2013, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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