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9/22/22, 8:31 AM 2020 Fatality Data Show Increased Traffic Fatalities During Pandemic i NHTSA <br />"Safety is the top priority for the u.s. Department of Transportation. Loss of life is unacceptable on <br />our nation's roadways and everyone has a role to play in ensuring that they are safe. We intend to <br />use all available tools to reverse these trends and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries," said Dr. <br />Steven Cliff, NHTSA's Acting Administrator. "The President's American Jobs Plan would provide an <br />additional S19 billion in vital funding to improve road safety for all users, including people walking <br />and biking. It will increase funding for existing safety programs and allow for the creation of new <br />ones, with a goal of saving lives." <br />NHTSA's projections show significant increases in fatalities during the third and fourth quarters of <br />2020 as compared to the corresponding quarters of 2019. NHTSA will continue to carefully <br />analyze various data sources to understand how the risks to vulnerable road users might have <br />changed during 2020 and the contributing factors for the increase. <br />Preliminary finding show that traffic fatalities rose in most major categories over 2019: <br />* Passenger vehicle occupants (23,395, up 5o/o) <br />* Pedestrians (6,236* flat from 2019) <br />* Motorcyclists (5,458,* up 9o/o) <br />* Pedalcyclists (people on bikes) (891,* up 50/0) <br />Crash factors and demographics reviewed by NHTSA that showed the largest increases in 2020 <br />as compared to 2019 included: <br />* non-Hispanic Black people (up 23o/o); <br />* occupant ejection (up 20o*); <br />* unrestrained occupants of passenger vehicles (up 1 5o*); <br />* on urban interstates (up 15o/o); <br />* on urban local/collector roads (up 12o/o); <br />* in speeding-related crashes (up 11 o/o); <br />* on rural local/collector roads (up 1l o/o); <br />* during nighttime (up 11 o/o); <br />* during the weekend (up 9o*); <br />in rollover crashes (up go/o); <br />* in single-vehicle crashes (up 9o*) and; <br />* in police-reported alcohol involvement crashes (up 9o/o). <br />https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-fatality-data-show-increased-traffic-fatalities-during-pandemic 2/4