The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the number of people killed in distracted driving crashes rose in 2011, but fewer were injured.The agency also found driver behavior with cellphones isn't dramatically changing, despite a flurry of new state laws.
NHTSA says 3,331 people were killed in 2011 in crashes involving distracted drivers, accounting for 10 percent of all traffic deaths. That's up from 3,092 distraction-related deaths in 2010. But the number of people injured fell from 416,000 in 2010 to 387,000 in 2011. The number injured in crashes involving cellphone use is also dropping: from 24,000 in 2010 to 21,000 in 2011.
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