Road casualties hit a record high in the United States
The US Department of Transportation has announced that it is dealing with the increasing number of deaths due to traffic accidents, which occur mostly in the western and southern states of the country, IRNA reported on Saturday, quoting the NBC News website. Takes a strategy.
Although the death toll from Covid-19 has declined in the United States, another fatal disaster is said to be on the rise, including deaths from car accidents.
According to the latest figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the first six months of this year, 20,160 deaths occurred in car accidents in the United States, the highest number of road deaths since 1975, when The US Department of Transportation has begun recording deadly accident data.
Public health experts say the sudden rise in road deaths is inextricably linked to the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, as the Corona virus has forced millions of Americans into quarantine and is now the result of stress. Covid-19, American society is looking for a way to escape this situation.
So the number of new heavy casualties has sounded the alarm in Washington and calls for a national strategy have been issued in response.
“This is a crisis,” Secretary of Transportation Pat Budget said in a statement Thursday. “We can not and must not accept that these casualties are just part of everyday life in America.”
According to the Traffic Safety Agency, behavioral research from March to June 2021 shows that more people exceed speed limits during this time period and fewer drivers wear seat belts while driving.
According to the agency, the current trend has led to reckless behavior on the roads that has increased casualties.
Traffic Safety Agency Executive Director Steven Cliff also described the agency’s recent report as alarming, adding: “This statistic reminds us that hundreds of millions of people a day can come to terms with the rising trend of deaths due to traffic accidents.” Take action and reduce casualties by slowing down, wearing a seatbelt, and driving consciously (avoiding alcohol before or while driving).
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