For motorists, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has good news and bad news.
According to a March 2016 report, there were 219 fewer fatalities from motor vehicle crashes in 2014 than in 2013 — part of an ongoing decline in the number of motor vehicle-related deaths across the country since 2006.
But the number of people injured during a car crash is on a slight uptick. In 2014, 2.34 million people sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident. In 2013, the number totaled 2.31 million.
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