The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its latest projections for traffic fatalities in 2022, showing a 0.2% decrease compared to fatalities during the same time in 2021.
NHTSA projects that fatalities declined slightly in the third quarter of 2022 – the second straight quarterly decline in fatalities after seven consecutive quarters of year-to-year increases.
“Fatalities have not increased for two quarters now, but we have far more work to do to save lives and address the crisis on our nation’s roadways,” said NHTSA Acting Administrator Ann Carlson.