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 ... parole of Mexican girl receiving lifesaving care in US, lawyer says China mission lifts off to explore two unusual ...

This marked the first time since 2020 that the number of deaths fell below 40,000. “It’s encouraging to see that traffic fatalities are continuing to fall from their COVID pandemic highs ...

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 ...

U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.8% in 2021 to 43,230, the most in a single year since 2005. The number of pedestrians and cyclists killed on American roads rose to the highest number in more than ...

Traffic deaths fell in Washington state last year for the first time since 2019, according to new data from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC). Preliminary traffic data from the WTSC ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.8% in 2024 to 39,345 ... "It's encouraging to see that traffic fatalities are continuing to fall from their COVID pandemic highs," NHTSA Chief Counsel ...