3 ms·
'Tragic': Driving Was Down In 2020, But Traffic Fatality Rates Surged The National Safety Council (NSC) says deaths from motor vehicles rose 8% last year, with
by tiahura 6y ago
'Tragic': Driving Was Down In 2020, But Traffic Fatality Rates Surged
The National Safety Council (NSC) says deaths from motor vehicles rose 8% last year, with as many as 42,060 people dying in vehicle crashes.
When comparing traffic deaths to the number of miles driven, the rate of fatalities rose 24% — the highest spike in nearly a century, NSC says.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/974006735/tragic-driving-was-down-in-2020-but-traffic-fatality-rates-surged https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/974006735/tragic-driving-was-...
- ortusdux 6y agoEnforcement went down to basically zero in my area. Now that the officers are vaccinated, they have started aggressively enforcing moving violations.
- petertodd 6y agoRemember that kinetic energy is proportional to velocity squared. So if less traffic is letting people drive faster, that could easily result in more deaths. I live in a city, and average speeds certainly seem faster than pre-pandemic traffic. Also, working at home may be allowing people to avoid traffic because hours are less strict. Again, that would allow traffic to move faster on average.