September Traffic Fatality Toll

(KFOR NEWS  October 16, 2020)  During September, 25 people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways.

The Nebraska Department of Transportation found:

•  25 fatalities in 23 fatal crashes.
•  10 of 19 vehicle occupants killed were not using seatbelts, five were using seatbelts, and four had seatbelt usage marked as unknown.
•  19 of the fatalities were in rural locations*.
•  There was 1 fatality on the interstate, 15 on other highways, and 9 on local roads.
•  1 fatality was a pedestrian.
•  5 fatalities were motorcyclists.

179 people have been killed on Nebraska roadways from January through September of 2020, 3% fewer than 2019 during the same time period.

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