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August 24, 2016

Traffic fatalities surging in first half of 2016

  • A stronger economy and low unemployment are blamed. At this rate, annual deaths could exceed 40,000 this year for the first time in nine years.
    • By JOAN LOWY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Traffic fatalities were up 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, continuing a surge in deaths that began two years ago as the economy improved and travel picked up, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the National Safety Council.

    An estimated 19,100 people were killed on U.S. roads from January through June, said the council, a congressionally chartered nonprofit that gets its data from state authorities. That's 18 percent more than two years ago at the six-month mark. About 2.2 million people also were seriously injured in the first half of this year.


     
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