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Fatalities up
over holiday
Colonel R. L. Suthard, Superintendent of the Virginia State Police, said recently that 14 persons were reported killed on Virginia’s highways during the recent Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend period from 6 p.m. Nov. 26 through midnight Nov. 30.
“This is three more than last year when 11 persons were killed during a similar period,” he said. “It is all the more distressing to learn that at least six of these deaths occurred in alcohol-related crashes, and that of the nine non pedestrian fatalities, only two were known to be wearing safety restraints.”
State Troopers participating in Operation CARE (an acronym for Combined Accident Reduction Effort) patrolled 142,988 miles around the state during the Thanksgiving holiday period and assisted 2,273 stranded or otherwise distressed motorists. They also arrested or issued summonses to 5,120 motorists, including 3,303 for speeding, 622 for reckless driving, 86 for drinking and driving and 1,109 for other hazardous violations.
Colonel Suthard also noted that through Dec. 4 a total of 1,038 highway deaths have been recorded in Virginia compared to 898 for a similar period last year. “Although it is true that vehicular miles driving are up this year almost six percent over last year, average speeds are up, and 46 percent of all reported crashes to date have been alcohol-related, this increase in fatalities is still alamung.
94.5%