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Final official tabulation ol Virginia's 1965 traffic deaths stands at 1,062, to mark a 1.1 percent increase over the 1, 050 experienced in 1964 anc the second highest toll in the history of the Commonwealth, Colonel C. W. Woodson, Jr., Superintendent of State Police and Chairman of the Governor’s Highway Safety Commii tee, announced this week.
“This marks the fifth cor secutive year of increase,* he said, noting that there were 756 deaths in 1960, 856 in 196] 974 in 1962 and 989 in 1963, Highest toll was 1,110 in 1941, Three counties, Craig, High land and Lancaster experienced no fatalities. This was the fifth consecutive year for Craig and the second for High land. Thirty-eight showed increases, 41 decreases and 17 recorded the same numbers as in 1964.
Traffic deaths inRappahanr nock in 1965 totaled 5, as compared to 1964 when 2 were recorded.
For the fifth consecutive year, Fairfax led, this time with 58, while Pittsylvania was second with 32. On the basis of deaths per 100 million miles of travel (mileage death rate), Fluvanna, with 8 killed and s rate of 25.7, had the wors record while Sussex, with 2' killed and a rate of 24.7, wai second worst. Of the three counties • experiencing nc deaths, Lancaster was accorc ed the best record, since more travel was experienced there than in the other deathless counties. Greatest increases were If shown by Sussex (8-27), Pittsylvania (19-32), Nanse-: mond (10-21) and Mecklenburg (7-18). Notable decreases occurred in Frederick (20-5), James City (10-1) and Loudoun (1^4). Among area counties, Greene increased from none to two in 1965; Madison decreased from seven to two; Louisa had four in 1964 and
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