Massachusetts Highway Deaths Soar to an 11-Year High

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The State Home Information Service reported that, in response to the Massachusetts Division of Transportation, “Roadway fatalities soared in 2021 to the best stage in additional than a decade, and the development continues to go within the mistaken course practically midway by 2022.”

Transportation Secretary Jamey Tesler addressed a gathering of the Division of Transportation board on Wednesday and delivered some sobering statistics.

“In 2021, Massachusetts sadly had greater than 400 roadway deaths,” Tesler stated, in response to SHNS. “That is the best quantity in additional than 11 years and a 22 % enhance from 2020.”

In response to Tesler, there have been 175 freeway deaths in Massachusetts this yr as of Wednesday, June 22 – a couple of dozen greater than throughout the identical interval final yr. Tesler stated the variety of fatalities to date this yr will seemingly enhance as some crashes are nonetheless beneath investigation and the deaths haven’t been included in the newest tabulations.

The Division of Transportation stated motorbike deaths are at a 25-year excessive in Massachusetts.

SHNS reported one board member expressed considerations at Wednesday’s assembly about excessive charges of pace and distracted drivers.

The Division of Transportation has a Crash Knowledge Portal on its web site the place you may maintain observe of the year-to-date variety of visitors accidents (51,290+), visitors fatalities (175), crashes involving pedestrians (695), bicycles (313), and extra.

Tesler stated the DOT is making an attempt to “deliver consciousness, change conduct, and remind drivers” about methods to scale back visitors accidents and fatalities.

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