The fatality rate has steadily fallen for many years, except in 2005, when it rose slightly to 1.46 deaths per 100 million miles traveled. But because Americans have been driving more, the total number of traffic deaths has increased in most years since the early 1990s. More analysis needs t...
US traffic deaths show sharp increase.doi:10.1136/bmj.i5473MichaelMcCarthyBMJ (Clinical research ed.)
The number of U.S. traffic deaths in the first six months of 2021 hit 20,160, the highest first-half total since 2006, the government reported Thursday, a sign of growing reckless driving during the coronavirus pandemic.
After decades of steady decline in roadway fatalities, U.S. traffic deaths jumped in 2021, and the fatality rate has remained high in subsequent years. The latest official data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows U.S. traffic deaths jumped by 10.5% in 2021, ...
About 107,500 people died of overdoses in the U.S. last year, including both American citizens and non-citizens who were in the country at the time they died, the CDC estimated. That’s down 3% from 2022, when there were an estimated 111,000 such deaths, the agency said. ...
Arnold said the responses were similar to those in past years, indicating a troubling trend. In 2015, US traffic deaths rose 7 percent to 35,092, the largest single-year increase in five decades. They’re expected to rise again in 2016 when that data is finalized. ...
According to a 2019 report by the World Health Organization, the US traffic fatality rate is 12.4 deaths per 100,000.At the same time, pedestrians and cyclists in the US are often blamed for being hit by drivers rather than the other way around. A 39_. By embracing a new car-free ...
Drivers in major U.S. cities lost an average of 51 hours to traffic in 2022, according to a recent analysis. Chris GilliganMay 24, 2023 These Are the Richest Cities in the U.S. Many of the wealthiest locales in the U.S. are on the West Coast. ...
In the last six years, fatalities (死亡数) have grown at four times the rate of overall traffic deaths.The report says a number of factors are to blame, including mobile use. “ A more recent factor contributing to the increase in pedestrian fatalities may be the growing use of smart...
One goal: zero traffic fatalities 3M is on a mission to reduce fatalities on highways, city streets and intersections, and in construction zones. We are working toward zero deaths with innovations like wet reflective pavement markings and more visible road signs. ...