Kentucky's Wrongful Death Toll Greatly Reduced in 2007

Kentucky's highway death toll reached a six-year low in 2007. A total of 852 people died last year in traffic accidents, state police said yesterday, based on preliminary figures. The death count for 2006 was 913. The 2006 total was 72 below that of 2005, when 985 people died in accidents. The death count was the state's lowest since 2001, when 843 people died on Kentucky roads. This lower death count can be attributed to a number of factors. One possible contributing factor would be the strict enforcement of the new seat belt law. Other factors may be the raised speeding limit, higher gas prices, and the economy's decreasing stability. To learn more about wrongful death, please click HERE.