Cov kws tshawb nrhiav saib qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev sib tsoo ntawm SUV thiab ib lub tsheb thauj mus los uas muaj pob zeb nyob ze Holtville, California thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2, 2021.
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Ntau tus neeg tuag ntawm txoj kev Asmeskas xyoo tas los tshaj li txhua xyoo txij li xyoo 2005, raws li cov ntaub ntawv tshiab tso tawm hnub Tuesday los ntawm tsoomfwv cov neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb tsheb.
Lub National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, uas yog ib feem ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Thauj Mus Los, kwv yees 42,915 tus neeg tuag hauv lub tsheb sib tsoo hauv xyoo 2021, nce 10.5% los ntawm 38,824 tus neeg tuag nyob rau xyoo 2020. Cov neeg tuag muaj xws li cov neeg taug kev, cov neeg caij tsheb kauj vab thiab lwm tus uas yuav tau tuag. thaum muaj kev sib tsoo.
Cov neeg tuag los ntawm ntau lub tsheb sib tsoo thiab cov neeg nyob hauv txoj kev hauv nroog ob leeg tau nce 16%, raws li lub koom haum, qhov loj tshaj plaws xyoo dhau los nce rau cov ntaub ntawv tshwj xeeb. Lwm qhov kev nce ntxiv tseem ceeb suav nrog: cov neeg tuag ntawm 65 xyoo lossis laus dua, nce 14%; cov neeg taug kev tuag, nce 13%; thiab cov neeg tuag hauv kev sib tsoo uas muaj tsawg kawg yog ib lub tsheb loj, nce 13%.
Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm hnub Tuesday, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hu ua qhov xwm txheej "kev kub ntxhov ntawm Asmeskas txoj kev uas peb yuav tsum daws ua ke."
Buttigieg tau hais tias Biden cov thawj coj tab tom ua "cov kauj ruam tseem ceeb los pab thim qhov kev puas tsuaj loj no," hais txog lub koom haum tau tshaj tawm yav dhau los National Roadway Safety Strategy thiab Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
NHTSA kwv yees tias cov tsheb tuag tau nce xyoo 2021 hauv 44 lub xeev, Cheeb Tsam ntawm Columbia thiab Puerto Rico.
Tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg tuag ntau dua sib txuas nrog ib qho nce hauv mais tsav ntawm US txoj kev piv nrog rau xyoo 2020. Cov ntaub ntawv ua ntej tshaj tawm los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Txoj Kev Loj Kev Tswj Xyuas qhia tau hais tias lub tsheb mais taug kev hauv 2021 tau nce li ntawm 325 billion mais, lossis kwv yees li 11.2%, piv nrog 2020.
Txawm hais tias muaj cov mais ntxiv mus, cov neeg tuag raws li cov mais uas tau tsav tsheb tseem nyob li qub txij xyoo 2020. Kev kwv yees tau muab cov neeg tuag rau xyoo 2021 ntawm 1.33 tus neeg tuag rau 100 lab lub tsheb kauj vab, piv nrog 1.34 tus neeg tuag hauv 2020.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/17/us-traffic-deaths-hit-16-year-high-in-2021-dot-says.html