Tag: traffic deaths

Roadbuilding

Traffic deaths trend downward in Wisc.

Wisconsin saw a drop in traffic deaths in November to 46. That compares to 75 fatalities in November 2016. The latest figure is also below the state’s five-year average for the month of November, which is 53 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. So far, the state has seen five fewer traffic deaths […]

December 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

U.S. motor vehicle deaths up 8% in 2015; highest increase in 50 years

About 38,300 people died in U.S. motor vehicle accidents in 2015. That’s an 8 percent increase over 2014 and marks the largest rise in half a century. It was the deadliest driving year since 2008, according to the National Safety Council. The NSC attributes much of the rise in traffic fatalities to a better economy and lower […]

March 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT to begin displaying weekly tallies of highway deaths

The Colorado Department of Transportation wants to help make the roads safer by giving drivers a weekly reminder of those who have died in crashes this year. CDOT announced that it would begin to display a weekly tally of the year-to-date deaths in the state each Wednesday on digital signs across the state. The signs, […]

January 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

US traffic fatalities up 14% in first 6 months of 2015

New data from the National Safety Council reveals that the number of motor vehicles deaths in America are up 14 percent through the first six months of 2015. That’s a jump of 18,630 deaths compared to 2014. On top of that, injuries from traffic accidents are up by more than 30 percent compared to last year. “As […]

August 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas sees more traffic deaths in construction work zones than any other state

The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse has released the latest data tally of deaths in motor vehicle traffic crashes in construction work zones, broken down by state. Of 32,719 traffic fatalities in 2013, 579 occurred in work zones. Texas topped the list, with 104 fatalities occurring in a work zone. The NWZSIC pulls the data from the […]

January 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

INFOGRAPHICS: TRIP report reveals America’s rural roads need improvements

America’s rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to lower the number of deficient roads and bridges and crash rates and to improve connectivity and capacity, according to a report released today by transportation research group TRIP. The reports, “Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland,” looks at the percentages of […]

July 10, 2014

Roadbuilding

TRIP report finds Montana’s highways, bridges ‘increasingly deteriorated and crowded’

A new report finds that Montana’s highways and bridges are in poor and mediocre condition, with the state’s traffic fatality rate among the worst in the nation. Transportation research group TRIP on Wednesday released a report on Montana’s highway infrastructure, noting that the state’s roads and bridges have “increasingly deteriorated and crowded” and that the […]

February 19, 2014