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U.S. traffic fatalities were up in 2001, reaching an 11-year high of more than 42,100 as motorists traveled 2.77 trillion miles. Overall traffic deaths totaled 42,116 last year, up 0.4% from the 41,945 reported in 2000.
Yearly estimates released by the U.S. DOT showed a clear reduction in overall injuries and child deaths, but little change in the number of alcohol-related fatalities.