WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) – U.S. traffic deaths fell to the lowest rate since 2014 in the first three months of the year after a sharp rise in road fatalities during the COVID pandemic.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday traffic deaths dropped 4.3% to 7,770 in the period ending March 31, the lowest number since 2015. The fatality rate fell to 0.99 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, the lowest quarterly figure since 2014.
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul)
