NEW YORK, May 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5 percent in 2021 to 42,915, the highest number killed on American roads in a single year since 2005, according to U.S. regulators' preliminary estimate released on Tuesday.
The yearly increase is the highest reported since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began using its current traffic fatality tracking system in 1975, according to a report published on the Automotive News website.
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