"...Despite having driven much less owing to lockdowns–staying at home out of fear, or simply because there were less places to go and fewer things to do–the National Safety Council (NSC) estimates that
- over 42,000 Americans died in motor vehicle accidents in 2020.
- That’s 8% more than the previous year.
- It’s also the highest death toll since 2007, and the first increase in four years.
- Worse yet, the rate of fatalities per 100 million driven miles (a normalized measure) in 2020 leapt 24% from the previous year, which is the largest annual increase since statistics began being tracked in 1924...Read all!
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