Virginia is Doing Something Right, Traffic Fatalaties Down | Seattle, Washington Personal Injury Lawyer

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Between 2007 and 2008 traffic fatalities have decreased by 19.98%. That is a huge drop in auto accident deaths!

The study also revealed some other interesting facts about fatal auto accidents for that state:

1,142 drivers were speeding over 70 mph at the time a crash occurred
25,758 people were tested with a blood alcohol content of .08 or greater, a 2.04 percent increase over 2007
Of the 31,469 people convicted of DUI, 79.36 percent were male and 19.7 percent were female
Most of 2008’s crashes (31,554) occurred between 3 and 6 p.m.

The full story can be seen here

This shows that there is hope in reducing the amounts of auto accident deaths. Hopefully Washington can obtain similar results to help save Washington families from the horrible effect of losing a loved one in an auto accident wrongful death

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