The kinds of roads upon which Americans perished

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Here are the kinds of roads upon which 627,433 Americans perished from 1994 to 2008.

Road Type ........... Accidents ..... Deaths

Interstates ............ 68,596 ..... 79,881

U.S. Highways .......... 91,273 .... 104,323

State Highways ........ 157,989 .... 177,673

Municipal Roads ........ 82,084 ..... 87,512

County Roads .......... 110,300 .... 120,858

All Other .............. 52,470 ..... 57,186

Total ................. 562,712 .... 627,433

(Source: Scripps Howard News Service study of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatal Analysis Reporting System.)

(Contact Thomas Hargrove at hargrovet(at)shns.com.)

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)

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