Fewer but Deadlier Crashes.

• Position: HIGHWAY SAFETY

With many Americans parked at home, health professionals, delivery drivers and other essential workers have had the roadways mostly to themselves. But just because traffic was scanty (down by two-thirds nationally from March 1 to April 10, according to the analytics company StreetLight Data), the roads weren't necessarily safer. Police in several states reported spikes in fatalities they linked to speeding or reckless driving, despite an overall drop in highway crashes during the pandemic...