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Florida Traffic Fatalities Decline In 2011
January 12, 2012
In 2011, 2,373 people died in traffic crashes on Florida’s roadways, according to preliminary data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. By comparison, 2,444 people died in traffic crashes in 2010. The number of crash fatalities in 2011 is the lowest the state has reported since 1978 even though the Sunshine State’s population has doubled since that time.
Pictured: A 41-year old Cantonment man died in this April 2011 at Highway 95A and Highway 29 in Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Florida Traffic Fatalities Decline In 2011”
We have at least one accident per week at 97 and hwy 29 and they keep refusing to put a stop light there! Sometimes there are several accidents a week at this bad intersection. WHY DON”T WE HAVE A STOP LIGHT THERE?????