# NYC has fewest traffic fatalities ever

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/nyc-has-fewest-traffic-fatalities-ever/131879>\
**Category:** Safety\
**Created:** [January 3, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nyc-has-fewest-traffic-fatalities-ever/131879 "2019-01-03T02:31:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nyc-has-fewest-traffic-fatalities-ever/131879/1 "2019-01-03T02:31:41Z")

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NYC has kept track of traffic fatalities since 1910. 2018 was fewest ever, 10% fewer than 2017. Pedestrian fatalities were up 7%. _Marketplace_ (the radio show) reported [http://download.stream.publicradio.org/podcast/marketplace/segments/2019/01/02/mp\_20190102\_seg\_20\_64.mp3](http://download.stream.publicradio.org/podcast/marketplace/segments/2019/01/02/mp_20190102_seg_20_64.mp3) 2 minutes

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**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nyc-has-fewest-traffic-fatalities-ever/131879/2 "2019-01-03T13:49:48Z")

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Most people in NYC use public transit and keep their car in a garage if they own one at all. People I know use their personal cars as an “escape pod”…only used to leave the city and not to bop around town.