NYC Traffic Deaths Decline for 5th Straight Year
Sunday, December 30, 2018 6:11 pm |
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New York City traffic deaths are poised to drop below 200 for the first time since record-keeping began, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a release Friday.
As of Thursday, 196 people have been killed in traffic crashes citywide this year. That compares to 221 traffic deaths last year, already the lowest since record-keeping began in 1910.
The number is down more than 30 percent from 2013, the year before the mayor instituted a traffic-safety campaign called “Vision Zero.”
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