(Click on the image for Kate Ryan's WTOP report)
- In 2017, there were 557 traffic-related deaths, according to information from the Maryland Department of Transportation. That's up 7 percent over the previous year. The number of deaths has been on the rise since 2014.
- Driver behavior can avoid nearly every crash.
- The factors included in roadway fatalities include impaired driving, speeding, distracted driving, not using crosswalks and not wearing seat belts.
- A motor vehicle death has some of the most extensive injuries that medical examiners ever see. You get injuries that are just indescribable.