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Delaware Has Seen a 16% Decrease in Traffic Deaths

In 2022, Delaware matched a sobering milestone for traffic fatalities at 164, just shy of the 1988 record of 165 roadway deaths. Since that peak, Delaware has seen a 16% decrease, with 137 fatalities in 2023 compared to 164 in 2022. Delaware Office of Highway Safety’s Meghan Niddrie notes that even since the beginning of this year, those numbers continue to decline compared to 2023.

Delaware Has Seen a 16% Decrease in Traffic Deaths

Story by Johnny Perez-Gonzalez 
March 31, 2024

Four Million Total U.S. Traffic Deaths Shows Need for National Safety Strategy

Early this year, the United States will mark a grim and tragic milestone: Four million roadway deaths since 1899. Every single one of these people left behind countless family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors. It’s impossible to fully comprehend the grief and tragedy caused by a single death, let alone four million. Something must change.

Four Million Total U.S. Traffic Deaths Shows Need for National Safety Strategy

GHSA News Release
February 21, 2024

As US Edges to Four Million Road Deaths, 'Something Must Change' Says GHSA

This year, the US will reach a total four million deaths on the road since 1899, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). Marking this 'grim and tragic milestone', the organisation's CEO Jonathan Adkins calls for a renewed sense of urgency in tackling this "safety crisis" and suggests more enforcement and better road design as key areas in which improvements can be made.

GHSA Applauds NTSB Chair Homendy for Championing Use of All Roadway Safety Tools

GHSA applauds National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy for calling out the woefully inadequate implementation of a comprehensive, Safe System approach to roadway safety – including education and equitable enforcement efforts.

GHSA Applauds NTSB Chair Homendy for Championing Use of All Roadway Safety Tools

GHSA News Release
November 15, 2023

Road Crash Deaths Drop, But Remain Higher Than Before Pandemic

“This recent trend toward fewer deaths on our nation’s roads is welcome news,” Jonathan Adkins, chief executive officer of the Governors Highway Safety Association, said in a statement, “but these decreases pale in comparison to the troubling and unprecedented rise in dangerous driving and fatalities experienced during the height of the pandemic.”

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