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Pinal official tabulation of Virginia’s 1968 traffic deaths stands at 1,218, to mark a .4 percent decrease when compared with the 1,223 experienced in 1967, but the second highest toll in the State’s history, Colonel H. W. Burgess, Superintendent of State Police:, Richmond, announced this week.
“This broke seven consecutive years in which traffic deaths have increased,” he said, noting that there were 756 deaths in 1960, 856 in 1961, 974 in 1962, 989 in 1963, 1,050 in 1964, 1,062 in 1965 and 1,106 in 1966.
In Rappahannock County there were four traffic fatalities in 1968 as compared to only half that many in 1967. The county rate for 1968 is 8.8 and it ranks 77th. Rate is deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, and rank is standing among 96 counties.
Only one county. King and Queen, did not experience a fatality. Forty-three counties showed increases, 42 decreases and 10 recorded the same numbers as in 1967. Westmoreland, with one death and a rate of 1.5 was second to King and Queen’s zero rating and Arlington with 17 deaths and a rate of 2.0 was third best.
For the eighth consecutive year, Fairfax led, this time with 61, while Prince William was second with 27. On the basis of deaths per each 100 million miles of travel (mileage death rate), Powhatan, with 10 killed and a rate of 18.5 had the worst record, while Charles City, with 4 killed and a rate of 14.1 was second worst.
Greatest increases were shown by Stafford (15-27), Spotsylvania (11-21), and Augusta (14-22).
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