In 2015 traffic fatalities shot up 8% vs the prior year. This is the most recent data we have. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/8122

In 2015 traffic fatalities shot up 8% vs the prior year. This is the most recent data we have. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812269 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... Regarding your last point, the US is not catching up with the other countries, it is falling behind. In the last decade US fatalities have fallen by a few points but in Germany they fell by half.