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Virginia’s 1975 traffic death toll now stands at 1,021, or 29 less than the 1,050 of 1974 to mark the third consecutive year in which they have been reduced, Colonel H. W. Burgess, Superintendent of State Police, reported today.
Colonel Burgess said that while late reports and deaths of persons now carried as injured can cause slight upward revisions in all statistics, the year’s toll is certain to be the lowest since the 989 of 1963.
Important factors in the reduction were the lowering of the all time July high of 124 in 1974 to
95.6%