Traffic Deaths: 40,000 and counting?

From: FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System) Encyclopedia (NHTSA):

2005: 43,510 (+/-)

2006: 42,642 (+/-)

2008: Good News About $4 Gas? Fewer Traffic Deaths and trend toward under 40,000?

See also the Statistical Abstract.

Web site tracks traffic fatalities, per Consumer Reports article: Saferoadmaps dot org