Article: MOTORCYCLE SAFETY MONTH FOCUSES ON WAYS TO REVERSE TREND OF INCREASED FATALITIES

Article: Fatal crashes more likely in rural areas, study says
Charleston Gazette;  December 9, 2005 ;     189 words ......drive may sound relaxing, but a new study shows that fatal crashes are much more likely to occur in rural areas than...scene. In 2003, Montana led the nation with 95.4 percent of its fatal crashes occurring along rural roads, followed by Maine...Carolina. Rhode Island had the lowest rate ...

Article: Weld improving in number of fatal crashes (plus interactive).
Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO);  April 1, 2007 ;     230 words ......Weld County ranked No. 1 in fatal crashes in the state with more than...attributes the decline in fatal crashes to community awareness on...law agencies. He said 82 percent of people in the county are...seat belts, which is up 3 percent from last year. However...office, people in ...

Article: AGE, ALCOHOL FACTORS IN FATAL CRASHES
United Press International;  April 22, 2003 ;     377 words ......Age, alcohol factors in fatal crashes WASHINGTON, Apr 22, 2003...Administration found 20 percent of the pedestrians killed...alcohol in many of these fatal crashes makes them especially senseless...Alcohol was involved in 37 percent of the deadly crashes involving pedestrians and 18 ...

Article: Fatalities are more likely on rural roads than urban roads, and rural fatalities are more likely to involve trucks, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study "Contrasting Rural and Urban Fatal Crashes: 1994-2003," an update of a 1996 report.(Brief Article)
Commercial Carrier Journal;  February 1, 2006 ;     84 words ......Contrasting Rural and Urban Fatal Crashes: 1994-2003, an update...Researchers learned 42 percent more fatal crashes happen on rural roads...were involved in 37 percent of fatal crashes, compared to 30 percent in urban areas.

Article: Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes Down for First Quarter in Virginia; Interstate Fatal Crashes Up
U.S. Newswire;  April 5, 1993 ;     374 words ......are up by 47 percent, from 17 last...non-collision fatal crashes. A noncollision...are down 33 percent, from 3 last...fixed object fatal crashes. Fixed object...embankment. These fatal crashes are down 16 percent, from 55 last...

Article: Fatal Crashes Caused by Animals Increase
AP Online;  November 18, 2004 ;     494 words ......are involved in about 75 percent of fatal animal-crash accidents. In...Cattle also cause a small percentage of crashes, particularly...states. Such animal-involved fatal crashes have been rising since the...crashes in nine states, 65 percent of the 60 motorcyclists and...

Article: OUTLAW DRIVERS KILL FATAL CRASHES OFTEN INVOLVE UNLICENSED MOTORISTS.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  July 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Writer Twenty-two percent of California drivers involved in fatal crashes had suspended...unlicensed drivers and fatal crashes in the United...California. That's 6 percent of all the drivers...Roughly 50 (percent) to 60 percent of all our traffic...Hawaii in the ...

Article: RED-LIGHT RUNNING CAUSING MORE DEATHS INSURANCE STUDY SAYS FATAL CRASHES WENT UP 15 PERCENT FROM '92-96.(News/National/International)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 21, 1998 ;     268 words ......Wednesday. The number of fatal crashes involving red-light running has increased 15 percent, from 702 in 1992 to...about 3 percent of all fatal crashes. Those crashes killed...Phoenix had the highest percentage of such crashes among...

Article: 20% of fatal crashes involve young drivers; D.C. tops in teen-related deaths.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  June 30, 2006 ;     436 words ......crashes in the United States, but make up just six percent of the driving population, according to a report...although teen-related traffic fatalities fell 5.2 percent nationally from 1994 to 2004, the District's share shot up by more than 60 percent. Maryland and Virginia also were among the 20 ...

Article: Utah teen drivers linked to one of 5 fatal crashes
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ......one of every five fatal crashes, according to data...are only about 9 percent of the driving...injury crashes and fatal crashes, than any other...teens made up 8.5 percent of all licensed...2001, Utah had 259 fatal crashes, and teen drivers...responsible about 20 ...

Article: DRIVING GETS SAFER; FATAL CRASHES DECLINE LOCALLY, NATIONWIDE.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the number of fatal crashes dipped by 5.4 percent statewide last...the number of fatal crashes declined nearly 9 percent in the first seven...might have had a fatal injury. Now, it...fell by nearly 3 percent in 1998. In part...

Article: Virginia's Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes Drop 22 Percent in 1994
U.S. Newswire;  January 4, 1995 ;     342 words ......figures indicate that alcohol-related fatal crashes dropped 22 percent in 1994 to 274, as compared to 1993, when there were 352 alcohol-related fatal crashes. "Contributing factors to this decrease...number of highway deaths incresed 5.1 percent from 875 deaths in 1993 to 920 ...

Article: Down the Road: Surprising new research shows fatal crashes down for old drivers
Oakland Tribune;  January 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ......System, a census of fatal crashes in the U.S. Crash...and older fell 21 percent during the period...age group rose 10 percent. This is a reversal...drivers involved in fatal crashes for several reasons...data show that 77 percent of all older occupants...vehicles involved in ...

Article: MOST FATAL CRASHES DUE TO ALCOHOL
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  June 26, 1998 ;     418 words ...CHEYENNE (AP) -- Two-thirds of fatal crashes in Wyoming the past three...died on state roads, and 83 percent of the victims the first...contributing factor in 52.7 percent of the fatalities and 43.4 percent of the crashes, he said...