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Oct 12, 2016

TRAFFIC DEATHS * USA: Up sharply in first half of the year

* New York - U.S. traffic deaths rose 10.4%, raising fresh concerns about distracted driving

--- U.S. traffic fatalities surged in the first six months of 2016, raising fresh concerns over distracted driving and highlighting efforts to equip vehicles with technologically advanced safety gear at an accelerated pace... Traffic deaths rose 10.4% in the first half, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday, a steep increase following a surprising uptick in fatalities last year... The U.S. logged more than 17,700 traffic fatalities in the first six months of 2016, regulators estimated... While traffic fatalities are growing at an abnormal clip, absolute levels remain lower than they were a decade ago, when cars and trucks had far less safety gear. In the first half of 2006, for instance, 20,500 fatalities were recorded. The U.S. is currently experiencing a sustained stretch of low gasoline prices and employment gains, which tend to increase traffic and the risk of fatal crashes... Still, more than 35,000 traffic deaths were reported on American roads in 2015, the largest increase since 1966 and the first uptick in a few years... Drivers in their 20s represent 24% of those in fatal crashes, but are 29% of distracted drivers and 39% of distracted drivers using cellphones... 
(Photo: AP - Road fatalities are on par to exceed the highest previous annual record of 35,000 in 1966, according to the National Highway Traffic Administration)   --  NY, USA - The WSJ, by JOHN D. STOLL and MIKE SPECTOR - Oct. 5, 2016

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Sep 15, 2014

DEATHS in TRUCKING ACCIDENTS * USA: Report

* DC - Trucking deaths down 8% last year

Washington,DC,USA -Truckinginfo -September 11, 2014: -- New U.S. Labor Department figures show the number of deaths in trucking last year accounted for about 10% of all fatal work injuries... There were 461 deaths in what the department labels the truck transportation sector, 8% lower than in 2012, with 67% of these incidents occurring on the roadway. This includes deaths to vehicle occupants resulting from traffic incidents that occur on public roadways, shoulders or surrounding areas, but excludes those occurring entirely off the roadway, such as in parking lots and on farms as well as incidents involving trains... Nine percent of the trucking deaths were due to being struck by an object or equipment, 5% were caused by falls and 1% was due to homicides... Of the wider transportation and warehousing sector there were 687 deaths, accounting for about 16% of all the 4,405 on the job deaths in 2013, down from 4,628 in 2012. While a smaller share of these happened on the roadway, 53%, a level similar to trucking involved being stuck by an object or equipment as well as falls. However, a greater portion, 5%, was attributed to homicides... Total U.S. transportation deaths were 1,740, or 40% of all work fatalities, a decline from 1,923 in 2012. Just over 990 of these fatalities happened on roadways...

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Jul 19, 2013

* Australia - Heavy trucks deaths

* ACT - 2012 REPORT: Shows rise in deaths

(Photo by Kevin Farmer: There was one less heavy vehicle related death up to June 2012)
Canberra,ACT,Australia -ATA Friday Facts -19 July 2013: -- Heavy vehicle related deaths rose during 2012, with 148 deaths from crashes involving articulated vehicles – ten more than in 2011, according to the latest Fatal heavy vehicle crashes Australia bulletin... However, deaths involving articulated vehicles have still fallen by an average of 0.2 per cent each year over the last three years... The bulletin is produced on a quarterly basis by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, and tracks the number of fatal crashes involving heavy trucks or buses on Australian roads... The report shows that NSW continues to record the highest number of deaths from crashes involving a heavy vehicle, with Queensland recording one less fatality... Fatal crashes involving heavy rigid trucks are also on the rise, with 86 crashes in 2012 compared to just 60 the year prior...

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Jun 15, 2012

ROAD DEATHS * Australia

* ACT - Deaths on Australian roads in May

(Photo: Wayne Hawkins) 
Canberra,ACT,Australia -ATA Friday Facts -15 June 2012: -- There were 115 Australian road deaths in May 2012, compared to 109 in May 2011 according to the latest Road Deaths Australia monthly report. However, the annual deaths per 100,000 population has dropped by 1.1 per cent during this time... Compiled by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, the reports detail the road toll over the last five years, and track changes that occur in this time... The largest number of fatal crashes in the year ended May 2012 occurred in 0 to 60 km/h speed zones, with 388 crashes. In the same time period, there were 365 fatal crashes in 100 km/h zones... In the past year from May 2011 to May 2012, 1,299 people died on Australian roads, with about half of these fatalities occurring in NSW and Victoria. This has fallen slightly from the year May 2010 to May 2011, where the road toll stood at 1,302...

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