Florida Traffic Fatalities Jump As Us Roads See Nearly 43,000 Deaths Last Year, Agency Says

TOM KRISHER and HOPE YEN, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Wed, 05/18/2022 - 6:29am

Florida accounted for nearly 1 in 12 road deaths in the U.S. in 2021 according to estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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