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1967 Traffic
Death Toll
The 1,211 Virginia traffic deaths of 1967 broke the long standing record of 1,110 set in 1941 and ma rk ed the seventh consecutive year in which such deaths have shown an increase, Colonel H. W. Burgess, Superintendent of State 'f^olice and Chairman of the Governor’6 Highway Safety Committee announced today. A 9 percent rise in traffic volumes kept the rate oi deaths per each 100 million miles of travel at 5.3 to compare with the national rate oi 5.4. Here, Colonel Burgess noted that it was 18.3 in 1941.
Pedestrian deaths rose from 182 to 214. Crashes killing more than one person each were up from 133 killing 331 people in 1966 to 146 killing 362. Non-collision crashes, involving contact withnoothei vehicle or a pedestrian, rose from 389 killing 471 to 423 killing 503. Colonel Burgess noted that the latter crashes result almost invariable from excessive speed. Urban deaths were up from 250 to 302 and rural ones from 856 and 909. Deaths of servicemen climbed from 70 tc 75. Motorcycle deaths almost doubled with 47 as compared tc the 26 of 1966. Virginia saw 756 deaths ir 1960, 856 in 1961, 974 in 1962, 989 in 1963, 1,050 in 1964, 1,062 in 1965 and 1,106 in 1966. Colonel Burgess explained that all figures were subject to 6light upward revision because of late reports and deaths of persons injured ir 1967.
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