October 12, 2011 by Canadian Underwriter
Nova Scotia is tracking toward the fewest highway deaths the province has had since record-keeping started in 1948, according to thechronicleherald.ca
As of the end of September 2011, 51 people had died on Nova Scotia’s roads, four fewer than during the same nine-month period in 2010, the ChronicleHerald story says, citing statistics from the RCMP and the Transportation Department.
Sixty-nine people died on the province’s roads in 2010, which is currently the record low.
Out of 41 fatal crashes in 2011, alcohol was a factor in 11 of them. Nine deaths resulted because the people killed were not wearing seatbelts, and speed was a factor in 10 fatal crashes.
RCMP sources cited in the ChronicleHerald say checkpoints and speed zones have helped reduce the number of fatal crashes. Still, impaired driving, non-use of seatbealts, speeding and cell phone use remain issues for the police.
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