Risky driving has likely contributed to uptick in fatal car crashes

Fatal car crashes have increased since the start of the pandemic. Road safety experts attribute that to fewer seat belts and more speeding and impaired driving.

Car crashes are killing more and more people since the start of the pandemic — even though the volume of traffic hasn’t risen above pre-pandemic levels.

Deaths from car crashes in the first few months of this year hit the highest quarterly total since 2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced last week.

Traffic deaths were up by 7% compared to the first quarter of 2021, and last year's auto deaths were already at a 15-year high.

It's a reversal from the pre-pandemic trend: Deaths from car crashes in the U.S. declined for three years leading up to 2020.

But then the number began to increase even though people drove less in 2020, and 2021 traffic volume was relatively the same as in 2019, according to federal data.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fatal-car-crash-increase-risky-driving-rcna43969


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