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For those of you that get the Southern District of ITE's
The Connector, you unfortunately read about the spike in fatalities along our nation's roadways.
Traffic deaths are up by 14 percent nationally in the first six months of this year and injuries have increased by a third, according to data released this week by the National Safety Council. E
xperts say with an improved economy and low gas prices, more Americans are driving more miles. But there are other factors at play, as well.
Nearly 19,000 people across the country lost their lives in traffic accidents through June, and this tally does not include two of the historically highest months for traffic deaths, July and August, according to experts.
If the trend continues, traffic deaths this year could exceed 40,000 for the first time since 2007, when there were nearly 44,000 deaths. The increases began in the last quarter of 2014 and have been recorded consistently through each month of this year. Read more about this trend by clicking here.
Let's hope the trend reverses. And as practitioners, we ask that you keep safety in mind in decisions made on your projects day to day.
Be safe out there.
- KYSITE Officers
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