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.

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

The number of people killed on U.S. roadways continued to rise in the first half of 2022, but the government’s highway safety agency says they declined from April through June.

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 number of miles driven increased to 67.5 billion, but traffic fatalities decreased, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.8% in 2024 to 39,345, the lowest number since 2020, but fatalities on American roads remained above pre-COVID levels, the National Highway Traffic ...

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.

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).

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 […] ...

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. The National ...