South Dakota sees 30% jump in traffic fatalities through first six months of 2021
South Dakota experienced the highest spike in deaths on roadways between 2019 and 2020, and the trend continues. A national safety expert says the risky behaviors motorists adopted during the pandemic are exacerbated as people return to the road. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
PIERRE, S.D. The motorist was not wearing a seatbelt.
It s a line that accompanies traffic fatality notices distributed by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety (DPS), and it s been showing up with even more regularity this summer.
In fact, South Dakota is seeing a dramatic upswing in traffic deaths, particularly for persons un-buckled, following only a year after they led the nation in the increase of roadway fatalities.
South Dakota sees 30% jump in traffic fatalities through first six months of 2021
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It can take one second to change your life and someone else s when driving.
That s what Trooper Hannah DeGoey, public information officer for the Nevada Highway Patrol, said when discussing driving behaviors that contributed to a sharply growing number of fatal crashes in the area.
Washoe County saw a 21% increase in deadly crashes from 2019 to 2020, according to preliminary data obtained by the Reno Gazette Journal from Nevada s Office of Traffic Safety on all fatal collisions in Washoe County from 2015 to 2020.
According to the data, 49 individuals died in car crashes last year.
Approximately 48% of all fatal crashes in Washoe County last year are listed as having multiple causes, with more than half involving substance use. Other causes include: