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 above pre-COVID levels.

An estimated 40,990 people died in traffic crashes last year, according to data released Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.. Though the number of miles driven in 2023 ...

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 ...

There also was a small second-quarter drop in the traffic death rate per 100 million miles driven, from 1.34 in the second quarter of 2021, to 1.27 this year, Carlson said.

Traffic fatalities in the U.S. decreased in 2024, with 39,345 deaths reported by the United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The ...

Traffic deaths fall for first time since 2019. Posted: May 29, 2025 | Last updated: May 29, 2025. New data shows that in 2024, traffic deaths fell after an upward trend in years prior.

U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government’s road safety agency reported Thursday.

Ohio State Highway Patrol reports ten traffic fatalities over the Fourth of July weekend, a decrease from last year.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. traffic fatalities began to climb two years ago and that deadly trend is continuing in 2022. Roadway deaths rose 7% during the first three months of the year to 9,560 people ...

Traffic fatalities in the U.S. decreased in 2024, with 39,345 deaths reported by the United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The ...