The mission of the Automotive Safety Council is to improve the safety of people through out the world through the development, production and implementation of the latest automotive safety equipment by preventing accidents, protecting occupants and pedestrians when in a collision and to notify emergency responders after the collision when necessary. The mission utilizes voluntary, regulatory and legislative directed use of these life saving products in order to make it available to the most people in the lowest cost manner to save the most people from injuries and fatalities.
3/20/2023 - 2022 MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS ARE OVER 46,000
MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS AGAIN REACH AN ESTIMATED 46,000 IN 2022
Preliminary estimates from NSC reveal traffic fatalities remain historically high; more should be done to address this preventable national crisis.
For a second consecutive year, preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council indicate the United States is in a dark place. Once again – in a single year’s time – more than 46,000 people lost their lives in a preventable traffic crash. That’s more than 46,000 people who didn’t make it home to their families and loved ones in 2022.
Estimates also reveal a staggering statistic: Compared to pre-pandemic 2019,