The Arizona Department of Transportation's annual Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report showed an increase in traffic fatalities in Arizona in 2021 while Pima County saw a slight decrease.
Jamie Donnelly While traffic fatalities and crashes rose in Arizona in 2021 for the second straight year, traffic fatalities in Pima County slightly decreased, reports by the Arizona Department of Transportation show.
Traffic fatalities in 2021 were mostly driven by driver behavior. Speed was a factor in 30% of all fatalities while impairment made up one-third of fatalities, the report said. Despite the increase in fatalities in Arizona, Pima County saw a slight decrease in deaths in 2021 over 2020. The total number of traffic fatalities was 161. In 2020, there was 163 deaths.
Pedestrian crashes also increased from 2020. In 2021, there was a total of 243 pedestrian crashes in Pima County. Together, Maricopa County and Pima County accounted for 81.32% of pedestrian deaths seen in Arizona in 2021.
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