Why More Americans Die In Car Crashes Compared To Other Countries

Traffic deaths have been going down, but a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows they are still a bigger problem in the United States than in other affluent countries. According to the government report issued today, about 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the U.S, by far the highest fatality rate for car crashes of the 20 countries studied. The rate in 2013 was more than twice as high as in most of the other countries. Traffic deaths haven’t been dropping as fast in the U.S. either. The rate has fallen by nearly a third since 2000. Every other country studied had a steeper decline.