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Traffic Fatalities * USA - Truck-involved reach historic low
Arlington,VA,USA -Truck News (CAN)-Sep 10, 2010: -- The number of truck-involved traffic fatalities in the US declined 20% in 2009, dropping from 4,245 in 2008 to 3,380 in 2009, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The reduction is the lowest level in recorded Department of Transportation history and also shows a 33% decrease in fatalities since the new Hours-of-Service regulations first became effective in January 2004... In addition to the 20% reduction in crash fatalities involving large trucks, the number of truck occupant deaths decreased 26% in 2009, from 682 in 2008 to 503 in 2009. The number of truck occupants injured in truck-related crashes also declined 26%. Those are the largest declines among all vehicle categories, officials said... The overall number of people killed in motor vehicle crashes in the US decreased 9.7% from 37,423 in 2008 to 33,808 in 2009, the lowest level since 1950, despite the fact that preliminary estimates show vehicle miles traveled in 2009 increased by 0.2% from 2008... (Photo from t2.gstatic: Overturned Truck in Ditch)
* DC - New National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Drunk Driving Fatality Data
Washington,DC,USA -Statement MADD National President Laura Dean-Mooney, by Chris Orzechowski -9 Sept 2010: -- MADD is pleased to see that the new drunk driving fatality data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows drunk driving fatalities have declined 7.4 percent to 10,839 in 2009 from 11,711 in 2008. This decline means that fatalities have been almost cut in half since MADD was founded in 1980... While encouraged by these recent numbers, MADD knows there is still a lot of work to be done on Capitol Hill and in our communities because drunk driving fatalities make up a larger portion of traffic fatalities than in 2008. With drunk driving now 32 percent of all highway fatalities, we remain as committed as ever to eliminating this problem through support for the heroes on our highways, laws requiring convicted drunk drivers to blow before they go with ignition interlocks, and efforts to turn cars into the cure through smart car technology...
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