Traffic Deaths in USA Rising at Record Pace
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 AutoMost of the time when we mention the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in our articles, it’s because of a new recall the organization is issuing. However, the NHTSA has other even more important activities, including monitoring traffic deaths in the United States.
The agency has just released the numbers for the first nine months of 2021 and they are not good.
An estimated 31,720 people died in crashes from January through September last year, which represents a significant increase of about 12 percent compared to the same period in 2020.
NHTSA says this is the highest projected number of fatalities for the first nine months since 2006.
Even worse, this increase is the highest percentage increase for the period in the NHTSA annual analysis’ history.
