SEMCOG released their 2016 analysis

Total crashes, fatalities, and serious injuries on the rise
• Traffic crashes in Southeast Michigan increased for the fourth consecutive year.
There were 145,510 total crashes, a five percent increase from 2015.
• Traffic fatalities increased for the sixth consecutive year,
up from 387 in 2015 to 430 in 2016.
The 11 percent increase was the largest increase in fatalities in the past decade.
• Serious injuries increased nine percent in 2016, the first increase in four years.