Even though Americans drove less in the early days of the COVID pandemic, nearly 39,000 lives were lost on U.S. roadways in 2020 -- the highest death toll since 2007.
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"The tragic loss of life of people represented by these numbers confirms that we have a deadly crisis on our nation's roads," said Steven Cliff, NHTSA’s deputy administrator. When many Americans were in lockdown, road deaths increased even though total vehicle miles traveled fell by 11% from 2019 to 2020, the data showed.
"The safety of all road users must be the top priority when it comes to roadway design. We continue to face an ongoing safety crisis threatening people walking, biking, scooting and rolling. Drivers are still engaging in risky behaviors that put all road users at risk," Shadel Fischer said in an association statement.based on the Safe System approach. However, more action is clearly needed on the federal, state and local levels," Shadel Fischer said.
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