REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century
The death rate from car crashes in the U.S. spiked 24 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year.
By
Kea Wilson
7:08 PM CST on March 5, 2021
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