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VIRGINIA’S traffic deaths for the first three quarters of 1975 stood at 748, or 24 less than those for the same period of 1974, despite a rise of approximately 4.4 percent in traffic volumes, Colonel Harold W. Burgess, Superintendent of State Police, reported. Pedestrian deaths were down from 137 to 108, motorcycle deaths from 51 to 44 and those servicemen from 33 to 26. Deaths of bicyclist were even at 12.
Monthly decreases were noted in March (97-86), June (97-88) and July (124-90) while increases were experienced in January (79-83), February (51-57), April (74-79), May (67-69), August (101107) and September (82-89). “If we can hold deaths below the 1,050 of last year we will see our third consecutive year of reduction, something that has not happened
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