'The overall numbers are still moving in the wrong direction. Now is the time for all states to double down on traffic safety.”
last year, the number of deaths in motor vehicle crashes continued to rise this year, giving more urgency to a federal safety plan to reduce highway deaths.
Nationally, traffic fatalities rose by 7% during the first three months of 2022 to 9,560 from 8,935. The percentage increase in deaths from January to March is the largest in two decades, NHTSA said.
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