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9/22122, 8:31 AM 2020 Fatality Data Show Increased Traffic Fatalities during Pandemic I NHTSA "Safety is the top priority for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Loss of life is unacceptable on our nation's roadways and everyone has a role to play in ensuring that they are safe. We intend to use all available tools to reverse these trends and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries," said Dr. Steven Cliff, NHTSA's Acting Administrator. "The President's American Jobs Plan would provide an additional $19 billion in vital funding to improve road safety for all users, including people walking and biking. It will increase funding for existing safety programs and allow for the creation of new ones, with a goal of saving lives.,' NHTSA's projections show significant increases in fatalities during the third and fourth quarters of 2020 as compared to the corresponding quarters of 2019. NHTSA will continue to carefully analyze various data sources to understand how the risks to vulnerable road users might have changed during 2020 and the contributing factors for the increase. Preliminary finding show that traffic fatalities rose in most major categories over 2019: • Passenger vehicle occupants (23,395, up 5%) • Pedestrians (6,236* flat from 2019) • Motorcyclists (5,458,* up 9%) • Pedalcyclists (people on bikes) (891,* up 5%) Crash factors and demographics reviewed by NHTSA that showed the largest increases in 2020 as compared to 2019 included: • non -Hispanic Black people (up 23%); • occupant ejection (up 20%); • unrestrained occupants of passenger vehicles (up 15%); • on urban interstates (up 15%); • on urban local/collector roads (up 12%); • in speeding -related crashes (up 11 %); • on rural local/collector roads (up 11 • during nighttime (up 11 %); • during the weekend (up 9%); • in rollover crashes (up 90/0; • in single -vehicle crashes (up 9%) and; • in police -reported alcohol involvement crashes 9%). City Council 27 — 18 11/15/2022 https:ttwww.nhtsa.gov/press-raleases/2020-fatality-data-show-increased-traffic-Fatalities-during-pandemic 2/4