Highway crashes fall in NS
HALIFAX — The number of people who died in vehicle crashes on Nova Scotia highways last year was the second lowest since 1965.
The Transportation Department recorded 71 deaths on provincial highways in 2005, down from 90 in 2004, according to The Chronicle-Herald.
The number of highway deaths peaked at 277 in 1973 and has been steadily declining since, officials say. The lowest number on record was in 2003, when 70 people died.
Excessive speed was to blame for about half of the crashes, while alcohol was found to have been responsible for 25 percent and inattention 23 percent.
The province pointed to several measures in 2005 that were aimed at reducing traffic deaths, such as doubling fines under the Motor Vehicle Act for speeding.
— from the Chronicle-Herald
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