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that he had every hope that Virginia’s rate of deaths per each 100 million miles of travel would drop below 4.0 for the first time and estimated the national average of about 4.7.
Pedestrian deaths were down from 1970’s 240 to 224, ending five years of increase in this category. Deaths of servicemen dropped encouragingly from 80 to 67, but motorcycle and minibike deaths rose from 29 to 37. Urban deaths dropped from 320 to 281, but rural ones climbed from 907 to 925.
Crashes killing more
93.7%