Deaths from crashes rose by nearly 7% from 2019 to 2020, then by more than 10% from 2020 to 2021. In the first months of this year, the number increased again.
Goodwin said law enforcement has"pretty much returned to where it was before the pandemic," but he speculated that drivers might still have the perception that"they can speed and engage in other potentially risky behaviors and get away with it."
Cara Hamann, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa College of Public Health who researches transportation safety, pointed to another well-known factor that may have contributed to the rise in traffic deaths: phones. "That’s probably because there were fewer older drivers out there on the road, and they’ve been slower to return," Goodwin said.One of the simplest ways to reduce traffic deaths is to hold drivers accountable for breaking the law, Goodwin said.
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