FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 19, 2022 Contact: Jessica Cowardin (804) 367-6834 jessica.cowardin@dmv.virginia.gov Crash Fatalities Reach 14-Year High on Virginia Roadways in 2021 DMV Urges Virginians to Take Action by Slowing Down, Buckling Up, Staying Focused and Never Driving Impaired RICHMOND - As crash fatalities reached a 14-year high on the Commonwealth’s roadways last…
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2022 Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Distracted Driving continues to be a preventable, risky behavior that Virginians must avoid. A great time to remind drivers of these dangers is during April, which is Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Virginia and nationally. Virginia DMV encourages you to educate citizens through your agency’s social media. Download and publicize free anti-distracted driving materials from…
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2022 Saint Patrick’s Day Impaired Driving Prevention
March 17, 2022 - Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving St. Patrick’s Day provides a great reminder to us all that drunk driving accounts for one-third of all fatalities locally and nationally. Last year around St. Patrick’s Day, from Tuesday, March 16, through Sunday, March 21, 2021, there were 128 alcohol-related crashes, 69 injuries and four…
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Good IIHS Headlight Ratings Linked to Lower Crash Rates
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia USA, reprinted with permission. The headlight ratings program developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is reducing dangerous nighttime crashes in the real world, a recent study shows. Nighttime crash rates per mile are nearly 20 percent lower for vehicles with headlights that earn a good rating…
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