The National Safety Council estimates that 2017 highway deaths will exceed 40,000 again for the second year in a row.
Official figures are kept by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which issued a report this month revealing that fatalities through the first nine months of 2017 will come close to matching last year’s number, which was the highest since 2008.
“While automakers have dramatically improved car safety in recent decades, with advancements such as strategically places air bags and high-tech collision avoidance systems, other factors have kept the death toll high.
“Key to the crisis is distracted driving and people who still don’t use their seat belts.”
Read the article at USA Today.
