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Traffic fatalities in the U.S. are at their highest levels in two decades

Traffic fatalities in the U.S. are at their highest levels in two decades Traffic fatalities in the United States are the highest they've been in 20 years, despite steady improvements in auto safety and declines in drunk driving. Mark Chung of the National Safety Council says car wrecks killed almost 46,000 Americans last year. MARK CHUNG: That's like a regional jet crashing every day - regional jet carrying 125 people crashing every single day of last year. Mark Chung at the National Safety Council says no other developed countries are seeing a surge in traffic fatalities.

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