TRISTAN ARRUDA HAS THE NUMBERS. PENNDOT SAYS STATEWIDE TRAFFIC DEATHS AND THE NUMBER OF REPORTABLE CRASHES WENT DOWN IN 2022, ACCORDING TO PENNDOT, 179 PEOPLE DIED IN CRASHES LAST YEAR. THAT’S DOWN ABOUT 50 FROM 2021. PENNDOT SAYS FATALITIES IN SEVERAL SPECIFIC CRASH TYPES ARE ALSO GOING DOWN. THAT INCLUDES CRASHES INVOLVING SPEEDING, WHICH ARE DOWN TO THE SECOND LOWEST TOTAL IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. UNRESTRAINED DEATHS ARE NOW AT THE THIRD LOWEST RATE IN OVER TWO DECADES AND FATAL CRASHES INVOLVING A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD DRIVER WERE DONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2022 TO THE FOURTH LOWEST LEVEL IN 20 YEARS, WHILE THE NUMBER OF HIGHWAY DEATHS DECREASED LAST YEAR, INCREASES WERE REPORTED IN SEVERAL CRASH TYPES. THEY INCLUDE DISTRACTED DRIVING CRASHES AND HEAD ON CRASHES, BOTH OF WHICH REACHED TEN YEAR HIGHS. PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ALSO REACHED THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER IN 20 YEARS. AND ACCORDING TO PENNDOT, THE NUMBER OF OVERALL REPORTABLE CRASHES WAS ALSO DOWN IN 2022 TO THE SECOND LOWEST ON R