The U.S. government’s road safety agency says traffic deaths fell by a small amount for the second straight year.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributed the 2.4% drop partially to technology in newer vehicles that can prevent crashes. A total of 36,560 people died on the nation’s roads in 2018, the latest full-year statistics available.
The agency says the downward trend is continuing into 2019. First-half estimates show fatalities down 3.4%. But pedestrian deaths rose 3.4%, and the number of people killed on bicycles and other pedaled vehicles went up 6.3%. People killed in large-truck crashes rose just under 1%.
Read the article at USA Today.
