US Traffic Deaths Fall in Early 2024 but Above Pre-COVID Levels By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.2% in the first three months of 2024 -- the lowest number ...

An estimated 40,990 people died in traffic crashes last year ... significant burden from distracted driving crashes, which cost us collectively $98 billion in 2019 alone." "We want everyone ...

US Traffic Deaths Fell 3.8% in 2024 ... "It's encouraging to see that traffic fatalities are continuing to fall from their COVID pandemic highs," NHTSA Chief Counsel Peter Simshauser said.

But the government says the number of deaths remains at a crisis level. Estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that 20,175 people died in crashes from January ...

New data shows that in 2024, traffic deaths fell after an upward trend in years prior.

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday said traffic deaths fell by 3.3% in the first half of 2023 but remain sharply higher than pre-pandemic levels. The National ...

Traffic deaths rose 10.5% last year over 2020, the largest percentage increase since NHTSA began its fatality data collection in 1975. The agency will release final numbers for 2021 in the fall.

WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.2% in the first three months of 2024 -- the lowest number since the same period in 2020 -- but crash fatalities still remain sharply ...

But the government says the number of deaths remains at a crisis level. Estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that 20,175 people died in crashes from January ...

Mark McKechnie, a spokesperson for the commission, said the decline in traffic deaths last year could be due in part to more police enforcement, and automatic enforcement like spe ...