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ACCIDENTS' FATALITIES * USA - Lower miles equals fewer fatal crashes
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -13 Oct 2009: -- The number of motor vehicle-related deaths in the U.S. fell by 7 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year... According to stats by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic crash fatalities were down to 16,626 in the first half of this year, versus 17,871 a year ago... NHTSA says traffic fatalities have been steadily declining since 2005... The number of vehicles miles traveled fell by about 6.1 billion miles, or 0.4 percent in the first half of 2009. In conjunction, the fatality rates dropped to 1.15 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, down from 1.23 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in the first half of 2008...(Photo from car-accidents: Guard Rail- Fatal Crash)
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