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(Frankfort, Ky.) – Highway fatalities in Kentucky increased in 2020.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety data shows there were 778 fatalities in 2020, compared to 732 in 2019.
That is a five percent increase.
Of the 778 fatalities last year in Kentucky, 57.1 percent were not wearing a seat belt and 15.7 percent involved alcohol.
Another 32 percent involved speeding or aggressive drivers and 19 percent involved driver distraction.
“2020 was a year of devastating loss for Kentuckians, but what makes deaths even harder to accept is when they could have been prevented,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “These figures are unacceptable to us and they should be unacceptable to every driver – every person in our state. We all have to be more vigilant about personal safety and responsibility behind the wheel if we are going to reverse this trend.”
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Ranking N.J.’s most dangerous highways for crashes
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
The Sunday after Thanksgiving was a busy day on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to SafeGraph data, 42% of New Jersey residents stayed home on Thanksgiving. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)AP
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Every commuter and driver has a harrowing, white-knuckled story about a near miss on a particular stretch of highway that is a stomach acid producing nightmare.
They range from fast moving Interstates moving hundreds of thousands of vehicles a day such as I-80 and I-295, to arterial highways such as Route 46, 22 and 27, lined with traffic challenging stores, driveways and streets.
Trucks Included in Maryland’s Updated Safety Plan
Maryland Department of Transportation
Addressing risks associated with commercial motor vehicles is an objective outlined in the Maryland Department of Transportation’s recently released highway safety plan.
The 2021-2025 Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan, released Jan. 28, identifies strategies and actions meant to help eliminate fatalities on state roadways.
Between 2015 and 2019, some 11.5% of fatal crashes in Maryland involved a commercial motor vehicle. As strategies to addressing truck-related risks, the plan proposes advancing efforts supporting infrastructure modifications to reduce fatalities involving freight vehicles and educating drivers, enforcement officers and motor carriers about trucking regulations and visibility issues.
January 25, 2021
John Piersa (left) and Michael Payne (right)
La Plata Police Department’s Commitment to Excellence – Lieutenant Michael Payne and Police Officer First Class John Piersa were recently recognized along with law enforcement officers from around the State of Maryland by earning the Maryland Highway Traffic Safety Office’s – Traffic Safety Specialist (TSS) Award. LPPD now has six officers who have earned a TSS I Award and two who have earned the TSS II Award.
Lieutenant Michael Payne joins Corporal Tommy Johnston and just a handful of other officers statewide who have earned a TSS II Award.
The TSS program is a statewide recognition of police officers who have attained distinctive levels of experience, training and proficiency in Highway Safety and Traffic Enforcement methods and procedures. The TSS Designation is awarded by the Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission (MPTSC), and the program is open to all police officers, deputy sheriffs and state tr