In 2012, government agencies set a goal of reducing deaths from Florida car accidents by 5 percent per year. That effort has now officially crashed.<\/p>\n
According to preliminary numbers from the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, there were 2,939 traffic fatalities in Florida in 2015, a 17.8 percent rise over the 2014 total of 2,494.<\/p>\n
Not only did highway deaths increase over last year, but the state failed to meet its projected decrease for the third year in a row. In 2012, Florida began its safety initiative with a baseline of 2,431 traffic fatalities, an average of the totals from 2006 to 2010. In 2013, the state had 100 more traffic fatalities than the 5 percent reduction projected, and in 2014 the total was 300 deaths over the reduction goal. <\/p>\n
In 2015, if the 5 percent per year projection had held true, there would have been 2,084 deaths on Florida’s (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2012, government agencies set a goal of reducing deaths from Florida car accidents by 5 percent per year. That effort has now officially crashed. According to preliminary numbers from the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, there…<\/span><\/p>\n