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Traffic Deaths in U.S. Exceed 40,000 for Third Straight Year
- Total for 2018 is down about 1 percent from 2017’s figures
- National Safety Council issues its estimate of road deaths
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Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads reached an estimated 40,000 in 2018, the third year in a row in which at least that many people died in vehicle crashes, according to new figures from the National Safety Council.
The 2018 total represents a decline of just 231 deaths -- roughly 1 percent -- from road deaths in 2017 but a 14 percent increase from just four years ago, according to the safety advocacy group.