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Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council (NSC) indicated that motor vehicle deaths dipped slightly — 1% — in 2017, claiming 40,100 lives versus the 2016 total of 40,327.
In a statement, the NSC said that the small decline was not necessarily an indication of progress as much as a leveling off of the steepest two-year increase in over 50 years. The 2017 assessment was 6% higher than the number of deaths in 2015. If the estimate holds, it will be the second consecutive year that motor vehicle deaths topped 40,000.
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