Chances of dying from opioids now higher than vehicle crash, Safety Council says.

NPR (1/14, Stewart, 3.43M) reports the National Safety Council says in a new report based on 2017 data that “Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose,” a greater risk that the “the probability of dying in a motor vehicle crash,” which “is 1 in 103.” In a statement, the council said the “crisis is worsening with an influx of illicit fentanyl,” which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in December is now responsible for most drug overdose deaths in the US.