The National Safety Council says preliminary figures show the number of fatal crashes per 100 million miles driven rose an “alarming” 14% compared with March of 2019.
This photo from video provided by KCBS/KCAL shows the wreckage of a car that crashed at high speed on Balboa Avenue in Newport Beach, Calif., early Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2020. The driver died in the crash; a female passenger was slightly injured. Authorities said the crash was so violent that the car's engine landed 100 yards away from the car.
The National Safety Council said Wednesday that based on preliminary figures from states, the number of fatal crashes per 100 million miles driven rose an “alarming” 14% compared with March of 2019. The increase came even though stay-home orders didn’t start in much of the nation until the middle of March, Kolosh said.
In April, the Governors Highway Safety Association reported that emptier streets may be encouraging drivers to flout traffic safety laws. Many states reported dramatic increases in speeding. In Los Angeles, speeds were up by as much as 30% on some streets, while authorities in Colorado, Indiana, Nebraska and Utah clocked vehicles going over 100 mph, the association said.
Earlier this month, the U.S. government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that traffic deaths fell 1.2% last year to 36,120.
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