Traffic Fatalities for 2009 Reach Record Low

by Gary Kopycinski on March 11, 2010

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2010. The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter. According to early projections, the fatality rate, which takes into account the number of miles traveled, reached the lowest level ever recorded.