State and federal reports and an analysis by a national transportation research organization says the number of Kansas traffic fatalities climbed 11% from 2013 to 2023, despite a 3-year reduction in deaths that left the total at 388 in 2023, which was the first annual total below 400 since 2015. COURTESY via KANSAS REFLECTOR
BY TIM CARPENTERKansas Reflector TOPEKA — The number of traffic deaths on Kansas backroads, streets and highways increased in the decade from 2013 to 2023…
