As expected , 2011 has been a banner year for people not dying in our streets. Mayor Bloomberg today held a press conference to tout the fact that, as of December 27th, this year boasted the fewest annual traffic fatalities since records started being kept in 1910! All in all there were 237 traffic fatalities this year— down from 271 last year and 393 in 2001 . Of those, 134 were pedestrian fatalities, according to the city, which is down 31 percent from 2001. [ more › ]
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2011 Had The Fewest NYC Traffic Fatalities On Record