New York City Reports Fewer Died in Traffic Accidents Last Year

 A recent management report from New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg shows a noticeable recent decline in traffic fatalities. According to the Mayor's Management Report, New York City traffic accident deaths fell to 261 in the most recent fiscal year, 30 deaths lower than in the previous 12 months.

The annual report, which essentially benchmarks performance by city agencies, has been required by law since 1935 as a form of report card on city services. The latest issue covers fiscal year 2013, which ran from the start of July 2012 through the end of June 2013.

Of the 261total fatalities, motorists and passengers accounted for 93, bicyclists and pedestrians for 168. Both categories saw a decline from levels the previous year, when 115 motorists and passengers died from traffic accidents, along with 176 bicyclists and pedestrians. The overall drop in traffic accident deaths was about 10%, with motorist and passenger deaths down by more than 19% and bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities declining 4.5%.

The mayor's report card notes a variety of city programs aimed at making transportation safer, including community-requested neighborhood slow zones, plus public education and awareness campaigns focused on speeding, drunk driving, and driver/pedestrian awareness. It also pointed to projects aimed at making streets safer and more usable, such as re-engineered intersections and traffic corridors, and installations of speed bumps and countdown signals for pedestrian crossings.

The mayor's report claims those steps, together with police enforcement of traffic rules, have reduced traffic deaths over the past five years to the lowest level since New York City began keeping those records in 1910. Despite the improved safety performance, the mayor's report card on city services noted, vehicle crashes inched up last year by about 1%. https://askcompetentlawyer.com/ There were 179,076 crashes in the most recent year, compared with 176,482 in fiscal year 2012.

Besides lower deaths from traffic accidents, other positive trends noted in the mayor's summary included lower deaths from major crimes both figures are lower than when Mayor Bloomberg was elected to the first of his three consecutive terms as mayor in 2001.

If you or a family member have been harmed in a New York City traffic accident that was caused by someone else's negligence or recklessness, you should immediately consult a New York City traffic accident lawyer.