Motorcycle DUI Deaths Increase
The total number of deaths in drunk driving accidents across the nation dropped in 2007, according to new federal data. But there was a worrisome footnote: The number of motorcyclists killed in such accidents, while small, rose sharply.
Total DUI fatalities declined nationally from 13,491 to 12,998, or 3.7 percent. But the subset involving motorcycles increased from 1,299 to 1,431, or 10.2 percent, federal officials said.
Half the states saw increases in the numbers of motorcyclists killed, led by Virginia, which saw motorcyclists’ deaths more than triple, rising from 12 to 37.
US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said in a statement that the totals were good news, but the motorcycle numbers were disappointing.
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