The Thanksgiving holiday is over and preliminary numbers show that there were too many deaths on New Jersey roads. Early reporting shows that six people died in five crashes between Wednesday, November 27 at 6:00 p.m. and Monday, December 2 at 6:00 a.m. The crashes were in Morris, Middlesex and Essex counties.
Last year’s Thanksgiving travel period saw 10 deaths in eight crashes with four of those fatalities being pedestrians and alcohol and/or drugs playing a part in six deaths. At this point, it is unknown to what extent intoxicants were involved in this year’s fatal crashes. …
Nevertheless, there is a positive trend when we step back and look at year-to-date fatal crashes. As of November 30, there have been 485 traffic fatalities in 2013 compared with 540 Statewide for the same time period in 2012. That equates to a 10.2 percent reduction, which is very significant considering that there is only one month left in the year. Fatal crashes in State Police jurisdictions are down from 148 in 2012 to 107 this year; a decrease of 28 percent.
We balk at calling these reductions good news because there are still hundreds dying on New Jersey roads, but the truth is that we are encouraged by any movement in statistics that brings us towards zero fatalities.
Let’s work together to close out 2013 with record low numbers of traffic crashes and injuries.
– AVOID DISTRACTIONS, ESPECIALLY ELECTRONICS IN THE CAR
– DON’T BE A ROAD RAGER, AND DON’T PLAY THEIR STUPID GAMES
– HIGH SPEED MEANS LESS CONTROL, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DRIVE
– SEATBELTS, SEATBELTS, SEATBELTS!
– ONLY DRIVE COMPLETELY SOBER
– PLAN AHEAD
Seat belts save lives. Without a seat belt you can be thrown from the car. It is law “buckle up”. But then there are those who ignore the driving laws,like being on the cell phone when that is a law. There are people who believe they are above the law
Stop the deaths–enforce the speed laws—too many drivers doing 85 to 90 on the Parkway
What were the total deaths in Ocean County?