The number of road accident deaths in the US increased 0.5 percent to 20,175 in the first half of 2022, the highest since 2006. This has been said in a US official estimate.
Xinhua news agency quoted the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as saying that the incidence of speeding and traveling without wearing a seatbelt was higher than before the Covid-19 epidemic.
US media reports said traffic increased significantly after the pandemic lockdown ended.
