Traffic deaths are way up over 2019, too:
2020 saw 10% fewer miles driven (lockdown) but 6.8% more deaths than 2019; it works out to +19% more deaths per mile driven.
For comparison, 2019 was DOWN 1.3% total deaths & DOWN 2% deaths-per-mile compared to 2018 (which was also lower in both stats compared to 2017).
2020 saw 10% fewer miles driven (lockdown) but 6.8% more deaths than 2019; it works out to +19% more deaths per mile driven.
For comparison, 2019 was DOWN 1.3% total deaths & DOWN 2% deaths-per-mile compared to 2018 (which was also lower in both stats compared to 2017).
Since 2020 was not a normal year for miles driven, I compared 2021 to 2019; total deaths are up 10% and deaths-per-mile up 18%. 2022 only had good data through May (as of when I went looking a couple weeks ago), but total deaths were also up 18% over the same period (through May) in 2019. I don't have a comparison of miles driven.
I don't know how often a car fatality is looked at for, say, a stroke or heart attack causing a driver to make a mistake or lose control. But blood clots look to me like the most reasonable cause for such a sudden & dramatic rise in traffic fatalities.
Traffic deaths are way up over 2019, too:
2020 saw 10% fewer miles driven (lockdown) but 6.8% more deaths than 2019; it works out to +19% more deaths per mile driven.
For comparison, 2019 was DOWN 1.3% total deaths & DOWN 2% deaths-per-mile compared to 2018 (which was also lower in both stats compared to 2017).
Since 2020 was not a normal year for miles driven, I compared 2021 to 2019; total deaths are up 10% and deaths-per-mile up 18%. 2022 only had good data through May (as of when I went looking a couple weeks ago), but total deaths were also up 18% over the same period (through May) in 2019. I don't have a comparison of miles driven.
I don't know how often a car fatality is looked at for, say, a stroke or heart attack causing a driver to make a mistake or lose control. But blood clots look to me like the most reasonable cause for such a sudden & dramatic rise in traffic fatalities.