"DETROIT -- Despite fewer drivers on the roads and billions of fewer miles traveled, traffic fatalities in the U.S. rose by 7% in 2020, the most since 2007, according to the Associated Press.
...The NHTSA believes the reasons for the increase in fatalities is due to drivers taking more risks because fewer people were on the roads due to the pandemic.
More drivers were speeding, failing to wear seat belts, or driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol, the AP reports.
...The NHTSA estimates that motorcyclist deaths rose 9% to 5,015, while bicyclist deaths were up 5% to 846, the AP reports.
Deaths in passenger vehicles rose 5% to 23,395, while pedestrian deaths remained nearly the same with 6,205 reported in 2020, according to NHTSA.
Last week, the Michigan State Police released a study of its own regarding Michigan traffic fatalities and found an increase from 985 in 2019 to 1,083 in 2020...Read all.
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