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First Crash Figures
Released for 1965
Richmond, Va....The 1,059^
traffic deaths occurring in Virginia during 1965 topped the 1,050 of 1965 to mark the second highest annual toll recorded and the fifth consecutive year of increase, Colonel C. W. Woodson, Jr., Chd'irm an of the Governor’s Highway Safety Committee and Superintendent of State Police, announced today. The year’s deaths were exceeded only by the 1,110 of 1941. Colonel Woodson stated that a rise of about 6 percent in traffic volumes brought a deer ease in the death iate (deaths per 100 million miles of travel) from 5.5 in 1964 to approximately 5.2. That of 1941 was 18.3. The national rate for 1965 was tentatively set at 5.4.
Pedestrian deaths dropped from 185 to 162. Crashes killing more than one person each were up from 118 killing 297 In 1964 to 122 killing 303. Non-collision crashes, involving contact with no other vehicle or a pedestrian, were just about ev«h, with 359 killing 417, as opposed to the 1964 figures of 358 killing 418. Here, Colonel Woodson noted that these almost invariable result from excessive speed.
Urban deaths were down from 260 to 244, but rural ones rose from 790 to 815. A remarkable drop in the deaths of military personnel, from 89 to 42, was noted. Colonel Woodson added that all 1965 statistics were subject to very slight upward revisions due to late reports and deaths occurring in 1966 from injuries received in 1965. Statistically, later deaths revert to the date of injury. Virginia saw 756 deaths in 1960, 856 In 1961, 974 in 1962, and 989 in 1963.
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