Carolyn Bonifas Kelly Spokesperson for TRIP

U.S. traffic fatalities fell in 2024 for the third straight year, four years after traffic fatalities surged in 2020 and 2021 as the nation grappled with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the modest decrease in traffic fatalities over the past three years, traffic fatalities in 2024 remained significantly higher than a decade ago. Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, a spokesperson for national transportation research nonprofit TRIP, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the traffic fatality numbers for North Carolina.