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DETROIT (AP) — <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/u-s-traffic-deaths-record-42915-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. traffic deaths</a> fell 3.6% last year, but still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation's roadways, according to full-year estimates by safety regulators.The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-safety-agency-require-automatic-emergency-braking-heavy-trucks-buses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a> said it was the second year in a row that fatalities decreased. The agency also released final numbers for 2022 on Monday, saying that 42,514 people died in crashes.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/12-year-old-killed-wrong-way-crash-sister-speaks-unlicensed-illegal-immigrant-drivers-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN WRONG-WAY CRASH: SISTER SPEAKS OUT AFTER UNLICENSED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DRIVER'S ARREST</a>NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman said that traffic deaths declined in the fourth quarter of last year, marking the seventh straight quarterly drop that started with the second quarter of 2022.The declines come even though people are driving more. Federal Highway Administration estimates show that Americans drove 67.5 billion more miles last year than the previous year, a 2.1% increase. The death rate per 100 million miles driven fell to 1.26 last year, down from 1.33 in 2022, NHTSA said.Authorities have said that even with a decline, the number of deaths is still too high. Shulman blamed the problem in part on distracted driving. In 2022, an estimated 3,308 people were killed in crashes that involved distracted drivers, while 289,310 were injured.Almost 20% of people killed in distracted driving crashes were people outside of vehicles including pedestrians, bicyclists and others, she said."Distracted driving is extremely dangerous," she said while kicking off a rebranded campaign against it called "Put the Phone Away or Pay." The agency will start an advertising campaign this month, and law enforcement officers will crack down on the behavior in a campaign from April 4 to 8.Traffic deaths spiked in 2021 with a 10.5% increase over 2020 as people started driving more as the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-calls-covid-commission-powers-refuse-admit-they-got-it-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19 pandemic</a> started to ease. That was the highest number since 2005 and the largest percentage increase since 1975.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</a>At the time, authorities blamed the increase on speeding and more reckless behavior, as well as distracted driving.Part of the increase in crash deaths then was due to people driving more as the coronavirus pandemic waned. NHTSA reported that the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled increased 2.2% to 1.37 in 2021.

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title: US traffic deaths fell 3.6% in 2023, the 2nd straight yearly drop. But nearly
 41,000 people died
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content: 'DETROIT (AP) — <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/u-s-traffic-deaths-record-42915-2021"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. traffic deaths</a> fell 3.6% last year, but
 still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation''s roadways, according to
 full-year estimates by safety regulators.The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-safety-agency-require-automatic-emergency-braking-heavy-trucks-buses"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a>
 said it was the second year in a row that fatalities decreased. The agency also
 released final numbers for 2022 on Monday, saying that 42,514 people died in crashes.<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/12-year-old-killed-wrong-way-crash-sister-speaks-unlicensed-illegal-immigrant-drivers-arrest"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">12-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN WRONG-WAY CRASH: SISTER
 SPEAKS OUT AFTER UNLICENSED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DRIVER''S ARREST</a>NHTSA
 Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman said that traffic deaths declined in the fourth
 quarter of last year, marking the seventh straight quarterly drop that started with
 the second quarter of 2022.The declines come even though people are driving
 more. Federal Highway Administration estimates show that Americans drove 67.5 billion
 more miles last year than the previous year, a 2.1% increase. The death rate per
 100 million miles driven fell to 1.26 last year, down from 1.33 in 2022, NHTSA said.Authorities
 have said that even with a decline, the number of deaths is still too high. Shulman
 blamed the problem in part on distracted driving. In 2022, an estimated 3,308 people
 were killed in crashes that involved distracted drivers, while 289,310 were injured.Almost
 20% of people killed in distracted driving crashes were people outside of vehicles
 including pedestrians, bicyclists and others, she said."Distracted driving
 is extremely dangerous," she said while kicking off a rebranded campaign against
 it called "Put the Phone Away or Pay." The agency will start an advertising campaign
 this month, and law enforcement officers will crack down on the behavior in a campaign
 from April 4 to 8.Traffic deaths spiked in 2021 with a 10.5% increase over
 2020 as people started driving more as the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-calls-covid-commission-powers-refuse-admit-they-got-it-wrong"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19 pandemic</a> started to ease. That was the
 highest number since 2005 and the largest percentage increase since 1975.<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK
 HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</a>At the time, authorities blamed
 the increase on speeding and more reckless behavior, as well as distracted driving.Part
 of the increase in crash deaths then was due to people driving more as the coronavirus
 pandemic waned. NHTSA reported that the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles
 traveled increased 2.2% to 1.37 in 2021.'
summary: Nearly 41,000 people were killed on U.S. roadways in 2023, a 3.6% drop in
 traffic deaths year-over-year; traffic deaths dropped for the seventh straight quarter
 in Q4 of 2023.
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