LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — For the first time in three years, traffic deaths fell in Michigan in 2018.
974 people were killed on Michigan’s roadways last year, which dropped from the 1,028 deaths in 2017.
There were fewer fatalities caused by drunk drivers and teens, and fewer crashes with pedestrians, cyclists and deer that resulted in deaths.
The only statistical category that saw an increase in deaths involved collisions between passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles.
Kendal Wingrove at the State Office of Highway Safety Planning says the 5% drop in fatalities is a step in the right direction, but only a step.
One set of statistics do not make a trend.
They have launched a campaign to eliminate all traffic deaths in Michigan, and so he says even one fatality is too many.
(copy written by John McNeill)
