LEXINGTON, Ky. — According to AAA, 41,000 Americans will die in car crashes in 2023. Sunday was World Car Crash Day.

“This day is to be set aside to remember these people, they had lives that touched other people, there are people still grieving those losses,” said AAA Public Affairs Manager Lori Weaver Hawkins.

She says 843 Kentuckians lost their lives in crashes last year, up from the year before. So far in 2024, there have been 637 deaths.

“That’s somebody’s life, that’s somebody’s loved ones, mother, father, brother, sister, child, grandpa, grandchild,” Weaver Hawkins said.

Rose Hensley lost her husband Jonathan in an accident in August. He was riding his bicycle on Ironworks Pike in Scott County when he was hit by a car in broad daylight.

“We had a plan to be in each other’s lives and do things with each other, with or without the kids, and that’s all gone now, and I don’t know if I can continue to do that without him,” Hensley. said LEX 18 on September 4.

AAA says to pedestrians and bicyclists, make yourself as visible as possible. Also, walk or cycle against traffic.

For drivers, obey the speed limit, never drink and drive and limit the fun.