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Article: Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes Down for First Quarter in Virginia; Interstate Fatal Crashes Up
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 5, 1993
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RICHMOND, April 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Based on preliminary figures
for the first quarter of 1993, 40 people were killed in
alcohol-related crashes in Virginia, a 25 percent decrease from the
53 fatalities during the same period last year.
Although these statistics are encouraging, overall fatalities
have increased. Preliminary figures indicate that 179 people have
been killed in traffic crashes this year compared to 173 last year
during this same period, a three percent increase.
Of the 179 fatalities reported for 1993, 100 were not wearing
their safety belts. "Although Virginia's safety belt use rate is at
a record 72 percent, there are still many Virginia motorists out
there who are not ...