traffic fatalities

So far this year, there have been 35 traffic-related deaths in Charlotte, including four cyclists and eight pedestrians. This has happened despite the city's Vision Zero plan to eliminate all traffic deaths by 2030. We explore what’s behind this rise in traffic-related deaths, its relationship to road design and what is and isn’t being done to make our streets safe.

Despite spending millions of dollars on traffic safety, Charlotte is falling short of its ambitious goal of zero traffic deaths by 2030, according to a new audit.

Four people in a pickup truck were killed Tuesday in a fiery car wreck on I-85 South.

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department says there has been an increase in aggressive driving in the Charlotte area during the pandemic, including an incident of dangerous stunt driving last week that shut down Interstate 77.

A 25-year-old man was killed after he was struck by a car in a poorly lit area of Brookshire Freeway early Saturday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police…

A Concord woman was charged with felony death by motor vehicle after Concord police said the car she was driving struck four construction workers early…

In North Carolina, nearly 1,400 people died in car crashes last year, according to new federal data. Compared to the year before, traffic fatalities…