Springfield Missouri accidents down
Below is a article from the News-Leader. I am not sure that I agree with the traffic division. I think an argument could be made that the reason there were fewer accidents is the increase in gas prices over the summer meant that fewer cars were on the road. That may also account for the increase in motorcycle fatalities. I wish the city of Springfield would have shown a monthly breakdown of the car crashes.
Springfield had the lowest number of traffic crashes in nearly 10 years in 2008, but fatalities nearly doubled, according to the city's Traffic Engineering Division.
There were 7,486 reported traffic crashes in the city of Springfield in 2008, the lowest total since 1997.
But there were 17 fatalities in 2008, compared to nine in 2007.
The 2008 fatality total is in line with yearly averages during the past six years.
Nine of the fatalities involved motorcycle crashes, the report noted.
Traffic crashes decreased by 4.6 percent and property damage-only crashes decreased by 4.9 percent compared to 2007.
The crash reduction represents a savings of more than $20 million, based on the cost per crash calculated by the National Safety Council.
The traffic division attributes the reduction in crashes to better driving along with improvements in engineering, enforcement and education.
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