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.

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.

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.

As US traffic fatalities fall, distracted drivers told to 'put the phone away or pay' N'dea Yancey-Bragg. USA TODAY. An estimated 40,990 people died in traffic crashes last year, ...

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.

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

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 ... US traffic deaths fall slightly in Q2 ...

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 ...