"John Capp, the director of vehicle safety technology, strategy and regulation at General Motors, stressed that there is not enough data about pedestrian traffic deaths to understand the causes..." https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/traffic-fatalities-car-safety/507-deaf2699-272b-4a3c-ba4f-5404fbe81bb2
New cars are supposed to be getting safer. So why are fatalities on the rise?

Current U.S. ratings only consider the safety of the people inside the vehicle, meaning there's a blind spot in the data that leaves pedestrians vulnerable.

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