HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Six people died on Michigan roads since last week making a total of 185 this year. In addition, 50 more were seriously injured for a statewide total of 932 to date.
Compared to last year at this time there are 42 fewer fatalities and 196 fewer serious injuries. The drop is linked to fewer people driving under the current “stay home, stay safe” rule to combat COVID-19.
Numbers are provided by the Michigan State Police to raise traffic-safety awareness.
State officials are appealing to people to use the term cashes — not accidents. Traffic-safety officials say that it’s a more-accurate term.
On average, drunken driving crashes kill one person every 53 minutes Every two minutes, someone suffers a crash-related injured because people choose to drive while impaired.
“Accident” suggests something unforeseen, according to state traffic-safety officiasl, who say that suggests no one is to blame.
But such crashes are the predictable result of specific actions.
These events are not “Acts of God,” but predictable results of specific actions, which is why the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stopped using “accident” as a term in 1997.
Now, more law enforcement agencies, including both New York and San Francisco Police Departments, have dropped “accident” in favor of “crash.”
Learn more at crashnotaccident.com,
