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Report Finds Fall is the Most Deadly Driving Season/Winter Safest

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

A new report has found that October has the year’s highest death rate per distance driven. In fact, the danger of dying in a crash is 16 percent greater in October than in wintry March — the safest month of the year.
“Everything else being equal, inclement weather — snow and ice — should increase the [...]

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2009 National Transportation Atlas Database

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a division of RITA, released the 2009 National Transportation Atlas Database today.  The document can be downloaded in specific sections or copies can be requested.
For more information visit the BTS Web site at:
 http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/d…

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