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The South Carolina counties of York, Chester and Lancaster counties ended the Labor Day holiday with no fatalities on the road.
Across the state it was reported by the S.C. Department of Public Safety that eight people died on highways over Labor Day weekend. These incidents involved three motorcyclists and two were pedestrians, according to the news release on Tuesday morning.
State officials note a slight decrease in highway deaths statewide since the beginning of 2013 in comparison to last year.
| Fatal Crashes for 2013 |
445 |
Persons Killed for 2013 |
447 |
| Fatal Crashes for 2012 |
517 |
Persons Killed for 2012 |
553 |
| Difference between2013 and 2012 |
-72 |
Difference between2013 and 2012 |
-76 |
| Total Fatalities (includes passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, etc.): |
477 |
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| Number of Fatalites with Access to Seat Belts (passengers inside cars, trucks, vans): |
313 |
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| Number of Passengers NOT wearing Seat Belts: |
183 |
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Of those people who have died in cars this year, the department says more than half were not wearing seat belts.
Preliminary statistics from the department show that York and Lancaster counties have experienced fewer road fatalities in 2013 than in the past three years during the same time period of Jan. 1 to Sept. 2. While Chester County’s road death toll is higher so far in 2013 than in 2012 and 2011 during the same time period.
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