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A significant increase in traffic is predicted for Memorial Day weekend across Virginia, and the state police want the public to make sure they drive with a “safety first” mindset. (Shutterstock)
VIRGINIA A significant increase in traffic is predicted for Memorial Day weekend across Virginia, and the state police want the public to make sure they drive with a safety first mindset.
The Virginia State Police issued a warning Thursday for motorists to obey all posted speed limits, wear their seatbelts and avoid distracted driving.
Beginning Friday, the state police will join law enforcement agencies across the country for Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E), a national program intended to reduce crashes, fatalities and injuries due to impaired driving, speed and failing to wear a seat belt.
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Pedestrian deaths increased in Rhode Island over the past year. (Shutterstock)
PROVIDENCE, RI Speeding and drunken and distracted driving are the likely culprits behind a spike in pedestrian deaths recorded in several U.S. states last year, according to new data released Thursday.
In fact, bad driver behavior during the coronavirus pandemic likely contributed to the largest-ever nationwide increase in pedestrian deaths recorded in a single year, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association s 2020 report on pedestrian fatalities by state.
Rhode Island is among those that saw an increase in pedestrian deaths in 2020, or the number of people on foot who were killed by people driving cars.
Subscribe Last year was filled with so much death and loss as COVID swept across the country. As America gets vaccinated and returns to normal, we need to treat pedestrian safety like the public health emergency that it is, Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, said in a news release. We must strengthen our efforts to protect those on foot from traffic violence by implementing equitable and proven countermeasures that protect people walking and address those driving behaviors that pose the greatest risk, Adkins said.
Data for the report was provided by state highway safety offices. Since the data is preliminary, it may also be incomplete, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. The numbers are meant to provide an early look at 2020 pedestrian deaths, months before the data is available through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
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Washington is one of many states that saw an increase in pedestrian deaths last year. (Shutterstock)
WASHINGTON Speeding and drunken or distracted driving are the likely culprits behind a spike in pedestrian deaths recorded in several U.S. states last year, according to new data released Thursday.
In fact, bad driver behavior during the coronavirus pandemic likely contributed to the largest-ever nationwide increase in pedestrian deaths recorded in a single year, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association s 2020 report on pedestrian fatalities by state.
Washington is among those that saw an increase in pedestrian deaths in 2020, though it didn t see one of the bigger spikes. Based on preliminary data provided by state highway safety offices, a total of 109 pedestrian deaths were reported in our state in 2020, a nine percent increase from 2019.
2020 Pedestrian Deaths Spiked In Connecticut During Pandemic - Danbury, CT - U.S. pedestrian deaths were up 4.8 percent last year, the Governors Highway Safety Association found. Bad driver behavior is likely to blame