The U.S. Department of Transportation released an update on its progress and accomplishments in implementing key steps of its National Roadway Safety Strategy, a blueprint of actions to reduce roadway fatalities and injuries.
A coordinated crackdown of driving violations is underway as of Dec. 6 and will continue through Dec. 10.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has found that traffic fatalities fell 2% in 2019, and early 2020 estimates show another 2% decline, though vehicle miles traveled this year dropped 16.6% year-over-year.
While early estimates for 2019 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show an overall decrease in highway fatalities for the third consecutive year, fatalities involving trucks over 10,000 pounds rose slightly.
Some of the most dangerous states to drive included New Mexico, South Carolina, Arizona, Louisiana, and Texas.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released data showing that 2,030 more people died in transportation accidents in 2016 than in 2015, with highway deaths accounting for 95% of all transportation fatalities.
Three DOT agencies and the National Safety Council have teamed up to launch a new initiative with the goal of eliminating traffic deaths on U.S. roads within the next 30 years, and truck safety is one of the targeted areas of the effort.
Nearly 19,000 people died in traffic collisions in the U.S. during the first six months of this year, according to the National Safety Council.
Three Service Electric Company employees were killed April 2 when two cars collided and one careened into them while they worked on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 27.
The National Safety Council’s estimated annual mileage death rate for 2014 sank to 1.18 deaths per 100 million miles traveled, matching the council’s lowest preliminary estimate on record.
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