2021 年美国交通死亡人数上升超百分之十 ,为十六年来的新高

作者：斯蒂芬·里弗斯|发表于 2022 年 5 月 17 日

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根据对 2021 年交通死亡人数的最新估计，NHTSA 表示，美国交通死亡人数达到了 16 年来的新高。去年估计有近四万三千人在交通事故中丧生，相比2020年增加了百分之十点五。

报告强调，高速事故增加了约 17%。2022开始又增长了 5%，许多其他类别在 2021 年期间达到两位数的增长。城市道路上的碰撞事故，死亡人数同比增长了 16%。

涉及至少一辆大型卡车的死亡人数增加了 13%，多车事故的死亡人数增加了 16%。NHTSA 副局长 Steven Cliff 博士说：“我们将加倍努力，需要每个人——州和地方政府、安全倡导者、汽车制造商和司机——加入我们的行列。”

德克萨斯州、加利福尼亚州和佛罗里达州的最多

根据 NHTSA 2021 年的数据，德克萨斯州记录与交通相关的死亡人数最多，为 4,573 人，比 2020 年增长 18%，其次是加利福尼亚州，为 4,258 人（+10.7%），佛罗里达州为 3,753 人（+12.7%）。爱达荷州的百分比变化最大，有 286 人死亡（+33.6%）。

报告中至少有一小部分带来希望。据估计，2021 年，汽车总行驶里程比 2020 年增加了约 3250 亿英里。总里程增加了 11.2%。

如果将总行驶里程考虑在内，死亡人数实际上下降了 0.01%。2020 年， 1 亿英里路程的平均死亡人数为1.34人。2021 年，这个数字下降到 1.33。所以，是的，2021 年在路上丧生的人比 2020 年要多得多，但这种趋势与行驶的距离直接相关。显然，从 2020 年开始，同样的危险行为，但驾驶的次数更多。

全国各地的司机要杜绝酒后驾车、疲劳驾车等危险行为。

基础设施和执法也要进行改善。

US Traffic Deaths Rise Over 10 Percent Reaching A 16-Year High In 2021, But There’s An Explanation

BY STEPHEN RIVERS | POSTED ONMAY 17, 2022

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According to a new early estimate of traffic fatalities in 2021, the NHTSA says that we’ve hit a new 16-year high.Nearly 43,000 individuals are estimated to have lost their lives in traffic crashes last year, recording a significant increase of 10.5-percent over 2020. According to the data, just about every subset of drivers and crash types saw an increase year over year but that’s not the whole story.

Last year’s report highlighted an increase of some 17-percent in accidents involving high speeds. This year, it’s up another 5-percent but many other categories saw double-digit increases over the course of 2021. One notable example was crashing on urban roads which saw a 16-percent jump in fatalities year over year.

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Fatalities involving at least one large truck were up 13-percent and fatalities in multi-vehicle crashes were up 16-percent. Dr. Steven Cliff, NHTSA’s Deputy Administrator says “We will redouble our safety efforts, and we need everyone – state and local governments, safety advocates, automakers, and drivers – to join us. All of our lives depend on it.”

Texas, California and Florida had the most deaths

According to NHTSA’s data from 2021, Texas recorded the most traffic-related fatalities at 4,573, an 18% increase of 2020, followed by California at 4,258 deaths (+10.7%) and Florida at 3,753 (+12.7%). The biggest percentage change was recorded in Idaho with 286 fatalities (+33.6%).

All of this data sounds pretty rough but there’s at least one small segment of the report that might provide some real hope. In 2021, it’s estimated that the total vehicle miles traveled was about 325 billion miles higher than in 2020. That’s an increase in total mileage of 11.2-percent. Guess what that means…

That when total miles driven is factored in, fatalities actually went down .01-percent. In 2020, there was an average of 1.34 fatalities over the course of 100 million miles. In 2021, that number dropped to 1.33. So, yes, considerably more people lost their lives in 2021 on the road than in 2020, but that trend directly correlates to the distance traveled. Evidently, drivers continued with the same risky behavior from 2020 but drove even more.

That’s certainly not to say that improvements can’t be made though. Drivers across the country would do well to eliminate risky behaviors, driving while under the influence, and driving while sleepy. They would also benefit from just caring enough about driving that they tried to be good at it as opposed to just viewing it as some drab chore as many do.

Infrastructure and law enforcement can improve too. But the jump we saw in 2021 wasn’t simply a direct result of speeding or driving under the influence as some outlets would have you believe.

Lead image via Volvo

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