Traffic Deaths Actually Dropped in 2022
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In a bit of good-ish news, U.S. traffic deaths actually declined slightly in 2022. It reverses a two-year trend of increasing traffic deaths during the peak of the Covid pandemic. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 1.35 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2022.…