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Abstract:
In keeping with recent trends, traffic fatalities in 2008 were down to 980, a 9.6 percent decrease from last year. The total number of persons injured also declined 7.5 percent to 74,568 and total crashes dropped 2.5 percent to 316,057. Most notably, the death rate per 100 million miles traveled was the lowest ever recorded, at 0.97. The lower death rate may have been caused by a decline in total miles traveled, down 3.6 percent; number of vehicle registrations, down 2.6 percent; and number of licensed drivers, down 0.7 percent. While Michigan saw another year of record seat belt use, alcohol-involved crashes continued to present a problem and contributed to 32.5 percent of all fatal crashes. Crashes involving alcohol made up 3.5 percent of all crashes, and while 17.9 percent of all crashes resulted in injury or death, 40.4 percent of alcohol-related crashes resulted in injury or death. The information compiled in this report was gathered from the Michigan Traffic Crash Report Forms (UD-10) submitted by local police departments, sheriff’s offices, and the Department of State Police. Other related information was obtained from the Departments of Transportation, State, and Community Health.
The 2006 traffic fatality count was 1,084, down 4.0 percent from the 2005 figure of 1,129.Compared with 2005, injuries were down 9.5 percent and total...
The 1998 traffic fatality count was 1,367, down 5.5 percent from the 1997 figure of 1,446.Compared with 1997, injuries were down 4.3 percent and total...
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