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Official: Traffic fatalities fall to lowest levels since 1949

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the findings of its 2010 national fatality and injury rate study. Last year, traffic fatalities fell to 32,885, marking the lowest level since 1949. The decline came despite the fact that American drivers covered 1.6 percent more ground than they did in 2009 by driving an additional 46 billion miles over the course of the year. In addition, 2010 carried the lowest fatality rate ever recorded by the federal agency with just 1.10 deaths per 100 million miles traveled

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Official: Traffic fatalities fall to lowest levels since 1949

Traffic deaths in U.S. fall to 60-year low

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , the number of fatalities on America’s highways is at its lowest level since 1950. The number of deaths in vehicle collisions last year fell by 9.2 percent compared to 2008. As of 2009, the fatality rate has dropped to 1.13 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.

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NHTSA announces 2009 fatalities lowest since 1954, continue downward trend

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety Safety doesn’t sell cars. At least that’s what Detroit executives walked around saying back in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The whole of them were convinced that if you even mentioned the word “safety” in a marketing campaign it would imply that cars were unsafe.

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NHTSA announces 2009 fatalities lowest since 1954, continue downward trend