Hard to believe it would top traffic accidents.
Not hard to believe at all.
One reason why...
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210629/fema-amends-covid-19-funeral-assistance-policy
“...This policy change was made after consulting with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials and other health experts. The new policy provides applicants, as well as medical authorities, coroners and jurisdictions, flexibility to attribute a death to COVID-19 without amending the death certificate. The change also provides flexibility with documentation for the period before the CDC-published and implemented COVID-19 death certificate guidance in the spring of 2020...”