February 13, 2019
Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads reached an estimated 40,000 in 2018, the third year in a row in which at least that many people died in vehicle crashes, according to new figures from the National Safety Council. The 2018 total …
January 5, 2017
The Maine Department of Public Safety says 2016 was relatively safe when it came to homicides, fire fatalities and highways deaths in the state. Spokesman Steve McCausland says the state ended the year with 16 homicides, far below the average …
January 29, 2015
State officials say highway fatalities in Kentucky increased last year after a record low in 2013. The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety says preliminary figures show that 667 people died on Kentucky roadways last year, up from 638 the year …
July 18, 2014
Federal data show New York ranked seventh among states with 1,168 highway deaths in 2012. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration reports 33,561 road deaths that year nationally, up 3 percent from 2011. New York showed no percentage increase. …