2021 Deadliest Year on Tennessee Highways Since 2010
Statewide (June 2022) – Traffic fatalities are the highest they’ve been in Tennessee since 2010, according to the Department of Safety & Homeland Security. In 2021, there were 1,327 traffic fatalities in the state compared to 2020 with 1,217. This is a 9% increase overall, with crashes increasing 16% from just 2 years ago in 2019. In 2022, so far, the state has recorded 579 traffic-related fatalities. In Nashville alone in 2021, there were 131 fatal car accidents.
Contact Lerner and Rowe’s Nashville personal injury lawyers if you or a loved one has been harmed in a car accident caused by someone else’s negligence. Source: TN.gov