The number of people killed in crashes on Virginia roadways this year is outpacing last year’s 14-year high, according to state Department of Motor Vehicle data.
In 2022 so far, 245 people have been killed in traffic crashes statewide — a nearly 13% increase from the 217 people killed between January 1 and April 19 of last year, according to Virginia’s Traffic Records Electronic Data System.
The upward trend in fatal traffic crashes this year follows the deadliest year on Virginia’s roadways in more than a decade. In 2021, 968 people died in crashes — the most since 2007, when the state saw 1,026 traffic deaths.
