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U.S. Motor Vehicle Deaths May Have Dipped in 2017
Traffic fatalities in the U.S. appear to have dropped to 40,100 last year from 40,300 in 2016, according to a preliminary estimate by the National Safety Council.
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Traffic fatalities in the U.S. appear to have dropped to 40,100 last year from 40,300 in 2016, according to a preliminary estimate by the National Safety Council.
If so, the plateau would mark a pause in a two-year surge that produced the sharpest increase in annual deaths in more than 50 years during 2015 and 2016, when the fatality rate climbed 14% and 6%, respectively.
Last year NSC opined that speeding and texting while driving were contributing factors in 2015-2016. The group offers no theories about the result of last year’s tally.
The council’s figures are higher than U.S. government data, because they include deaths that occur within 12 months of a crash and those involving accidents on private roadways such as parking lots.
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