http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/05/11/oakland-county-roads-are-not-the-safest/ Promoting non-motorized transportation in the Motor City Fri, 18 May 2012 06:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/05/11/oakland-county-roads-are-not-the-safest/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Craig Bryson Fri, 15 May 2009 18:17:08 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=1384#comment-1770 Actually SEMCOG data lists only 56 fatalities on roads in Oakland County in 2008 (http://www.semcog.org/Data/Apps/crash.query.cfm). So, that equates to a traffic fatality rate of 4.6666 per 100,000 population. So, again, not sure where you got your fatality data, but it's wrong. Actually SEMCOG data lists only 56 fatalities on roads in Oakland County in 2008 (http://www.semcog.org/Data/Apps/crash.query.cfm). So, that equates to a traffic fatality rate of 4.6666 per 100,000 population. So, again, not sure where you got your fatality data, but it’s wrong.

]]> http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/05/11/oakland-county-roads-are-not-the-safest/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Craig Bryson Fri, 15 May 2009 17:57:49 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=1384#comment-1769 Not sure where you got the fatality statistics for the May 11 story. The official number of fatalities on roads in Oakland County in 2008, according to the Traffic Improvement Association of Oakland County, www.tiami.org (which receives all police reports related to crashes, fatalities, etc., whether auto or pedestrian, on or near all roads in the county from all police agencies in the county) was 57. Oakland County has 1.2 million people. So, this equates to 4.75 fatalities per 100,000 residents. This does, in fact, put Oakland County at the same level or lower than the safest countries in the world, as the Road Commission has asserted. Not sure where you got the fatality statistics for the May 11 story. The official number of fatalities on roads in Oakland County in 2008, according to the Traffic Improvement Association of Oakland County, http://www.tiami.org (which receives all police reports related to crashes, fatalities, etc., whether auto or pedestrian, on or near all roads in the county from all police agencies in the county) was 57. Oakland County has 1.2 million people. So, this equates to 4.75 fatalities per 100,000 residents. This does, in fact, put Oakland County at the same level or lower than the safest countries in the world, as the Road Commission has asserted.

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