January 13, 2015
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation reported 961 traffic deaths in 2014 — 35 fewer than in 2013, when 995 fatalities were recorded. A joint statement from the agencies says the number is the …
January 7, 2014
Preliminary figures from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security show the state had 988 traffic fatalities in 2013. That’s only the fourth time in 50 years the number has dipped under 1,000. The 2013 number is a more-than-2 …
November 20, 2013
The Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are reaching out to communities across the state to offer help in reducing traffic fatalities. The Tennessean reported that the agencies are putting more resources in counties that have the …
April 13, 2012
After years of declines in traffic fatalities, deaths in crashes are on the rise again in Tennessee. But state highway officials are hoping a federal demonstration project will reverse that trend. Kendell Poole, director of the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, …
January 5, 2012
Tennessee traffic fatalities declined sharply this year, reaching their lowest figure in 49 years. So far in 2011, 926 people have died in wrecks in the state. It’s the fewest since 811 in 1962. Col. Tracy Trott of the Tennessee …