2026年4月1日 下午6:09 UTC / 路透社
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2026年4月1日 下午6:09 UTC 更新于2小时前
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4月1日（路透社）——在新冠疫情期间道路死亡人数大幅攀升后，美国去年的交通事故死亡人数降至2019年以来的最低水平。
美国国家公路交通安全管理局表示，交通事故死亡人数下降6.7%，至36640人，每行驶1亿车英里的死亡率降至1.10，为美国历史第二低。美国道路死亡人数在2020年新冠疫情期间大幅飙升，并在随后数年居高不下。
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美国2021年交通事故死亡人数跃升10.8%，至43230人，为2005年以来单年最高值。美国道路上被撞身亡的行人和自行车骑手人数升至四十多年来的峰值。
美国汽车安全机构负责人乔纳森·莫里森表示，该机构将“加倍推行安全策略，在危险驾驶行为造成人员伤亡前加以制止”。
这是死亡人数连续第四年下降。2024年交通事故死亡人数下降3.8%，降至4万人以下，为2020年以来首次跌破这一数字。
专家表示，疫情期间美国道路拥堵程度下降，一些驾驶者认为警察开罚单的可能性降低，导致驾驶行为更加冒险。疫情期间，还有更多司机可能在饮酒或服用居家药物后处于受损状态下驾车。
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疫情期间，美国的死亡率远高于其他发达国家。
美国国会在2021年1万亿美元基础设施法案中批准了未来五年50亿美元资金用于道路安全问题。
美国国家公路交通安全管理局2023年的一项研究发现，交通事故直接给纳税人造成300亿美元损失，给整个社会造成3400亿美元损失。若将生活质量损失计入在内，社会总成本高达1.37万亿美元，相当于美国经济产出的1.6%。
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US traffic deaths fall to lowest number since 2019
2026-04-01 6:09 PM UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
April 1, 2026 6:09 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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April 1 (Reuters) – U.S. traffic deaths last year fell to the lowest number since 2019 after a sharp rise in road fatalities during the COVID pandemic.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said traffic deaths fell 6.7% to 36,640 and the fatality rate fell to 1.10 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, the second lowest in U.S. history. American road deaths jumped dramatically during the 2020 COVID pandemic and remained elevated for years.
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U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.8% in 2021 to 43,230, the most in a single year since 2005. Pedestrians and cyclists killed on American roads rose to the highest number in more than four decades.
Jonathan Morrison, who heads the U.S. auto safety agency, said the agency is “doubling down on safety strategies that reduce risky driving behaviors before they cost lives.”
This is the fourth straight year of declines. Traffic deaths fell 3.8% in 2024 to below 40,000 for the first time since 2020.
As U.S. roads became less crowded during the pandemic, some motorists perceived police as less likely to issue tickets, experts said, resulting in riskier driving. Some drivers were also more likely to drive while being impaired by alcohol or drugs consumed at home during the pandemic.
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The U.S. fatality rate rose much higher than for other developed nations during the pandemic.
Congress approved $5 billion over five years as part of a $1 trillion 2021 infrastructure law to address road safety.
A 2023 NHTSA study found crashes directly cost taxpayers $30 billion, and society as a whole $340 billion. When quality-of-life valuations were included, the total cost to society ran to $1.37 trillion – equivalent to 1.6% of U.S. economic output.
Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul and Aurora Ellis
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