FEBRUARY TRAFFIC DEATHS UP 4 PERCENT

Motor vehicle traffic deaths rose 4 percent in February 2005 as compared to February 2004, going from 3,969 to 3,180. Disabling injuries totaled nearly 345,000, up 7 percent from 2004. The cost of motor vehicle collisions for the first two months of 2005 rose 1 percent from 2004, to a total of close to $34.6 billion. The estimated annual mileage death rate fell 6 percent to a total of 1.5 deaths per 100 million miles of vehicle travel. Statistics on a statewide basis are also given.

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• Publication Date: 2005-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; States; Statistical trends
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01001794
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 7 2005 12:00AM