Challenges in Traffic
Safety
Across the world, we face an epidemic of roadway safety.
Each year, 1.35 million people are killed on roadways around the world. In 2020, almost 41,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States. There were over 2.1 million emergency department visits for injuries from motor vehicle crashes.
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“We continue to face a national crisis of traffic deaths on our roadways, and everyone has a role to play in reversing the rise that we experienced in recent years."
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
Efficiency
The average U.S. motorist spent 51 hours sitting in traffic last year — 15 hours more than in 2021, though it remains 50% lower than the pre-pandemic high of 99 hours in 2019.
-INRIX
Traffic levels continue to rise - as a prime example, travel on all roads and streets changed by +5.6% (+13.2 billion vehicle miles) for January 2023 as compared with January 2022.
-Federal Highway Administration
Emissions & Energy
In London, UK, the estimated yearly cost of congestion is about 15% of total emissions. Over the year, some 14.8 megatonnes of CO2 are emitted in the British city by vehicles, 2.2 megatonnes (15%) comes as a result of inefficient traffic and congestion.
-TomTom
“On average, drivers spent more than 18 seconds sitting at each traffic signal, resulting in nearly 8.65 billion hours spent annually and, more importantly, nearly 28 million metric tons of CO2 emitted.”
-INRIX
Financial
It is estimated that fatal and nonfatal crash injuries will cost the world economy approximately $1.8 trillion dollars. Deaths from crashes in 2020 resulted in over $430 billion in total costs—including medical costs and cost estimates for lives lost.
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roadway incidents cost Americans an estimated $340 billion in 2019.
-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Congestion cost the US more than $81 billion in 2022, costing the average driver $869 in lost time.
-INRIX