Pedestrian traffic deaths declined last year for the first time since theCOVID-19 pandemicbut remained well above pre-pandemic levels, the Governors Highway Safety Associationsaid in a news release Wednesday.In 2023, drivers struck and killed 7,318 people in the United States, according to prelim...
The U.S. Department of Transportation spent a total of $2.4 billion on programs aimed at reducing traffic fatalities in 2022 and 2023. Still, according to federal data CBS News analyzed,traffic deaths have been risingin most major American cities. The money falls under U.S. DOT's Safe Stre...
That’s up from about 750 deaths in 2022. Since 1968, Washington has only surpassed 800 traffic fatalities in a year 12 times, and 10 of those instances were before 1980, Stineman said. Advertising Skip Ad Skip Ad Skip Ad It’s part of a troubling trend that has ...
What are we willing to do to make sure preventable deaths never happen again? In the late 1980s, Italy started experimenting with blocking cars completely from streets by schools during school hours. In 2012, the United Kingdom started doing the same, and schools in Paris joined in 2019.The...
Pedestrian deaths due to road crashes have been increasing in recent years. Fatalities among pedestrians had been on a downward trend between 2001 and 2009, but then began rising substantially. In 2022, pedestrian deaths reached their highest number over the past twenty-year period. In that year...
The article provides information on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) scheduled for November 17, 2024, highlighting the ongoing crisis of traffic-related deaths and injuries in the United States. It mentions that the event serves as an opportunity to remembe...
Abstract BACKGROUND: The study investigates the magnitude and distribution of fatal road traffic injuries (RTIs) in the Chinese province of Jiangsu by road user. METHOD: The 13 694 RTI deaths and years of potential life lost (YPLL) that occurred in 2012 were analysed; vulnerable and non-vuln...
In reality, road deaths are preventable, often caused by the actions of drivers, and the failure of our transport and legal system. It's time to end the language of denial. pic.twitter.com/cSKAWP1bDw— RoadPeace (@RoadPeace) September 1, 2023 This may also interest you... Traffic ...
Los Angeles Police Department has released its end-of-year crime report for 2023, and for the first time in nine years, the city saw traffic-related deaths jump homicides. Chief Michel Moore was joined by Mayor Karen Bass at a press conference to discu...
According to a report published earlier in 2024 by the ETSC, significant weaknesses in the enforcement of road safety rules are holding back progress on reducing road deaths in Europe. The report focuses on the state of enforcement of speed limits and seatbelt wearing, as well as rules on drin...