WASHINGTON—U.S. pedestrian and bicyclist deaths rose in 2018, while overall traffic deaths fell 1 percent in 2018 to 36,750, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a preliminary report Monday.
The auto safety agency said it didn’t know the cause of the overall decline, but has said a dramatic increase in traffic deaths in 2016 was the result of more people killed on foot, bicycle, or motorcycle.
