Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says America is still grappling with a “national crisis' surrounding the number of traffic deaths.
Global Entrepreneurship Network Board Chairman Jeff Hoffman warns of summer travel delays and staffing shortages on 'Varney & Co.'s remain a "national crisis" across America, despite dropping slightly in the latest projections issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. traffic crashes last year, a decrease of about 0.3% compared to the 42,939 fatalities documented in 2021. A decade ago in 2013, there were 32,893 fatalities, according to NHTSA data.
The NHTSA said Thursday that "27 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are projected to have had decreases in fatalities in 2022 as compared to 2021, while 23 States are projected to have experienced increases." "The estimated fatality rate decreased to 1.35 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2022, down from 1.37 fatalities per 100 million VMT in 2021," it also said. "Americans are driving more than they did during the height of the pandemic, almost a 1% increase over 2021."
"A distraction-affected crash is any crash where a driver was identified as distracted at the time of the crash," the NHTSA said at the time. "Even with these high numbers, distraction is likely underreported because the behavior is difficult to detect during crash investigations, and police reports likely understate its incidence." In January, the U.S.
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