On Friday the U.S. auto safety agency reported that traffic deaths in the country have jumped 5.6 percent over the last year. The 37, 461 deaths in 2016 reflect a decade-high. Pedestrians killed as a result of a vehicle rose 9 percent to 5,987, the highest number since 1990. The 2016 number mark the second straight year of a sharp rise in U.S. traffic deaths. According to Reuters News Agency “in 2015, they rose 8.4 percent, the single highest yearly jump in motor vehicle deaths since 1964.”