ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC FATALITIES ON INCREASE.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Deaths involving drunken drunk·en adj. 1. Delirious with or as if with strong drink; intoxicated. 2. Habitually drunk. 3. Of, involving, or occurring during intoxication: a drunken brawl. drivers jumped eight percent last year for the first increase in a decade, as overall traffic fatalities continued their three-year rise, the National Safety Council said Wednesday Wednesday: see week. . And safety officials warned that higher speed limits are likely to lead to more highway deaths. The Safety Council said alcohol-related traffic fatalities rose to 17,274 in 1995, from 16,589 the year before. ``We are seeing, for the first time, a remarkable reversal of the progress since the 1980s,'' said Jerry Jer·ry n. pl. Jer·ries Chiefly British Slang A German, especially a German soldier. [Alteration of German. Scannell Scannell may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Scannell. , the council's president. Alcohol-related highway deaths in 1986 were 24,045. Overall, deaths in motor vehicles rose 2.8 percent in 1995 to 43,900. Safer cars and better roads had pushed the toll down to 40,982 in 1992, the low point in modern history. The peak was in 1972, when 56,278 people died. Safety council officials said the 1995 figures were only slightly affected by the end of the 55-mile-an-hour federal speed limit, which took effect in November. |
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