Traffic deaths downwards, with the exception of trucks »LandlinienMedien

Overall, the racing dead went back last year. However, there was an increase in traffic deaths with large trucks.

According to the recent NHTSA figures, 42,795 people were killed in vehicle accidents in 2022. This is a decline of 0.3% compared to data traffic deaths from 2021, which shows that 42,939 people were killed.

The fourth quarter of last year was the third quarter of the road dead after seven increases in a row.

Despite an increase in the vehicle miles, the traffic fatalities are reduced. Last year, the vehicle miles rose by 29.3 billion miles, which increases almost 1%.

Traffic deaths according to person types had largely decreased, and drivers and passengers recorded a decrease of 2%. However, fatal accidents in which a large truck was, but rose by 2%. The deaths of pedal cyclists rose significantly by 11%. Motorcycle -fatal accidents rose by 1%.

In 2022, the death rate per 100 million vehicles fell to 1.35 compared to 1.37 in the previous year. The death rate in the fourth quarter of 2022 dropped from 1.40 to 1.38.

Traffic dead have still increased significantly compared to the pre-Pandemic years.

The number of people killed in vehicle accidents rose in 2020 (7.3%) and 2021 (10.1%). Compared to 2019, the road dead rose by more than 6,000 or almost 18%in 2022.

Traffic deaths of subcategories

Half of the 10 regions in the nation recorded a decline or no change in traffic fatalities.

Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) and region 6 (Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) each had the steepest decline in 3%. Region 1 (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) recorded an increase of 8%, the country's largest increase.

When the numbers were further interrupted, the District of Columbia recorded the highest decline in percentage changes in 22%. Connecticut has the biggest increase through percentage change in almost 29%.

All age groups except for two age groups recorded the traffic deaths. The two outliers include drivers between the ages of 35 and 44 (to 1%) and 65 and older (up to 6%). There were fewer deaths of female traffic, with a decline of 3%. However, men who were killed in vehicle accidents rose by 1%.

Deadly accidents on urban streets went under. However, fatal accidents on rural roads rose by 7%.

Surprisingly, older vehicles recorded a steeper decline compared to newer vehicles. The deaths of older vehicles (larger than 10 years) decreased by 6%. In the meantime, fatal accidents with newer vehicles decreased by only 1%.

The time of fatal accidents, the deaths of night traffic cases, declined by 1%, while daily deaths remained largely unchanged during the day. Similarly, the accidents decreased by 1%on the day of the week, while the fatal crashes remained flat at the weekend.

The latest traffic thread statistics from NHTSA are temporary. Early estimates do not contain any crashes according to the vehicle type or specific demography.

The deaths for 2021 and 2022, and the following percentage change from 2021 to 2022 will be further revised as a final file for the Standstanalysis report for 2021 and the annual report for 2022 will be available later this year.

Summer drive the most fatal

Traffic deaths tend to rise in the monthly warmer weather months, while the Americans take their vehicles for RoadTrip vacation.

According to the Blueprint of USA Today, the number of fatal accidents in June, July and August has increased by 18% since 2018.

Compared to the deaths of 2018 with 2021 deaths of 2021, Rhode Island has the highest increase with 38%, followed by Minnesota (37%). New Jersey, Arizona and Illinois achieved 33%of the third highest death carrier of the summer time. Only six states recorded a decline in deaths in summer from 2018 to 2021: Hawaii (minus 36%), New Hampshire (minus 28%), Alaska (minus 27%), Idaho (minus 19%), utah (minus 6%) and Kansas (minus 2%). LL

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