Many would assume that a significant reduction in traffic would also lead to a significant reduction in traffic-related deaths. It seems logical. Take large numbers of cars off the road and there should be a subsequent decrease in the number of deaths on those roads. The years of the pandemic, however, have shown us that such logic does not always apply. In fact, auto-related fatalities have spiked in the ...
Traffic Deaths Spike Nationwide, Including 88% Jump in Philadelphia
Posted January 17, 2022 in Auto Accidents | Product News and Recalls
You might not think of your SUV or minivan as a light truck, but it – along with every pickup truck on the nation’s highways – is part of the largest American vehicle segment by far. In fact, more than two out of every three new vehicles sold in the United States is now categorized as a “light truck,” and cities across the country are taking ...
2019 marked the lowest number of road deaths in Pennsylvania since the commonwealth started collecting such data. It is also worth recalling that 2019 was pre-COVID, meaning that the record was set independent of the drop in travel on the nation’s roadways ushered in by the onset of the global novel coronavirus pandemic.
The year brought just 1,059 deaths on the state’s roadways. And, while a ...
continue reading...While the novel coronavirus and its impact on travel will likely be one of the biggest stories to come out of 2020, 2019 had a decrease of its own in traffic deaths on the nation’s roadways. According to a report released by the World Health Organization, 38,800 people died in car crashes on US roads last year. The number represents a 2% drop from ...
