TRAFFIC FATALITIES ON RCOC ROADS CONTINUE DOWNWARD TREND

[Excerpt from May 31, 2022 RCOC press release]:

The number of traffic fatalities on roads under the jurisdiction of the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) has bucked the national trend and gone down over the past three years, and the traffic fatality rate on Oakland roads remains below half of both the state and national rates.

For calendar year 2021, there were 23 fatalities on RCOC roads. Five were alcohol and/or drug related. For the year, the county had a traffic-fatality rate of 0.56 deaths per 100 million miles of vehicle travel, while the statewide rate was 1.14 deaths per 100 million miles of vehicle travel and the national rate was 1.33. (see remainder of RCOC article HERE)