npub168303eezkmd40tdp5kvpaapr5uky8s66u6uaexz5qr334ft77jrsvaf0qg (npub1683…f0qg) Deaths going up while injuries are going down seems to indicate the vehicles are more deadly. If distracted driving were the issue I’d assume deaths and injuries would be increasing in proportion to each other.
Some data that seems to show this: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data-fatalities Note I didn’t dig super deep into it.