CHICAGO (February 25, 2019) – Nationally, both the number of hit-and-run crashes and deaths have hit historic highs. In 2016, hit-and-run fatalities reached 2,049, the highest annual number recorded since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began compiling such statistics in 1975. In Chicago, total hit-and-runs, from fender-benders to fatalities, climbed almost 6 percent in the last five months compared to the same period a year earlier.
Patrick A. Salvi Jr. spoke with the Chicago Tribune’s Mary Wisnieski about the issue and why those numbers are on the rise.
