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90 and the December score of 74, which was the lowest for December since the 74 of 1948.
Deaths of pedestrians were down from 195 to 176, of motorcyclists from 61 to 51 and of servicemen from 50 to 44. Those of bicyclists stood at 16 for both years.
The State’s mileage death rate, or deaths per each 100 million miles of vehicular travel, was placed at 3.0 to compare well with the national counterpart of 3.5. Traffic volumes for the year were up about two percent.
Deaths numbered 1,256 in 1972* 1,220 *n 1973 and 1,050 in 1974.,
96.2%