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NHTSA announces that traffic fatalities are down so far this year
Posted on Oct 31, 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced this month that motor vehicle accident fatalities for the first half of this year are down by about 7 percent compared to the same time period last year.
A statistical projection of traffic deaths shows that about 16.626 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes from January to June, compared to 17,871 in the same period last year. The first quarter of 2009 saw a 10 percent drop in fatalities compared to 2008, and the second quarter wasn’t as good but still showed a 4 percent drop.
If the numbers from the statistical projection bear out, the second quarter of 2009 would be the 13th consecutive quarter showing a decline in traffic fatalities compared to the same quarter from the previous year.
According to the NHTSA, traffic fatalities have been steadily dropping over the years every since a recent peak in 2005. The largest decline in traffic deaths this year was in February, which saw a 16 percent decrease.
Data for the NHTSA report comes from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), FastFARS (FF), and Monthly Fatality Counts (MFC).
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