With more drivers on the road, traffic deaths jump to highest level in nearly a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jump in traffic fatalities last year pushed deaths on U.S. roads to their highest level in nearly a decade, erasing improvements made during the Great Recession and economic recovery, according to a leading safety organization’s report. Fatalities rose 6 percent in 2016, reaching an estimated 40,200 deaths compared to 37,757 deaths [...]