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N.H.T.S.A. Reports Increased Traffic Deaths [NY Times]

Chris Kaufman/Appeal-Democrat, via Associated Press
Four people died in this crash in Yuba City, Calif., on Nov. 12. N.H.T.S.A. says traffic fatalities are up slightly over last year.

More people died on United States roads in 2012 than in 2011,according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Motorcyclist and pedestrian deaths each increased for the third year in a row, and deaths of bicyclists reached the highest level in six years. Over all, however, traffic deaths continue to be at historic lows.
Fatalities in 2011 were at their lowest level since 1949. The 2012 increase could not be attributed to Americans driving more, because motorists drove nearly the same number of miles in 2012 as they did in 2011, according to the report. Highway deaths increased to 33,561 in 2012, according to the safety agency’s 2012 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, known as FARS. That is 1,082 – or 3.3 percent – more than the 2011 figure. The majority of the increase occurred in the first quarter of 2012, which the report notes was the warmest in history.

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