August Was Deadliest Month On Roads This Year
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 -- 8:16 AM
With 61 traffic fatalities, August was the deadliest month on Wisconsin roads so far this year.However, traffic fatalities last month also were seven fewer than August 2014 and four fewer than the five-year average for the month of August, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
David Pabst, director of the WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety said that in the last five years, August on average has been the worst month for traffic fatalities. August 1969remains the all-time deadliest month on Wisconsin roads with 154 traffic fatalities. He said that although last month had the highest number of fatalities so far this year, it still was the fourth safest month in terms of traffic deaths since World War II.
As of August 31, a total of 356 people have died in Wisconsin traffic crashes in 2015, including 54 motorcycle drivers, two motorcycle passengers, 34 pedestrians and nine bicyclists. Traffic deaths through the end of August were 39 more than during the same period in 2014 but two fewer than the five-year average.
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