NY traffic deaths rose sharply during the pandemic, comptroller's report finds
Published Jun 29, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. ETMake your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2024.Traffic-related fatalities in New York state rose sharply during the first years of Covid-19 and continued to increase through 2022, according to a report from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.report out this week
“Stay at home orders implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic reduced motor vehicle travel,” DiNapoli’s report reads. “Despite these declines, the frequency of fatal crashes has increased.” The report came out in strong support of Sammy’s Law, which Gov. Kathy Hochul signed in May as the culmination of longstanding efforts by street safety advocates for New York City to lower speed limits to 20 miles per hour on some roads.that could get speed reductions, allowing for 10 miles per hour in a narrower set of street redesigns and pledging reduced speeds in 250 locations by the end of 2025.
The upward trajectory of traffic deaths in New York persisted in 2022 even as traffic fatalities started to decline on the national level.
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