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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News Page 1 of 3 <br /> -~i~rb~u~l~e~ir~.~~vr~ <br /> Wednesday, August 11, 2004 <br /> Isles buck trend -~vERT,SEME~rs_ <br /> in highway fatalities <br /> Fewer people died on U.S. roads <br /> in 2003, but isle numbers rose <br /> Staff and news service reports <br /> Fewer people were killed or injured on U.S. highways last <br /> year, according to federal officials, but Hawaii was among <br /> the states that saw highway fatalities climb from 2002. <br /> Federal officials crediting an increase in seat belt use and a <br /> decrease in drunk-driving accidents for the national drop <br /> in highway fatalities. <br /> Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said 42,643 <br /> people died in traffic crashes in 2003, down 362 from the <br /> previous year. The drop comes despite more people doing <br /> more driving in 2003, when the number of deaths per 100 <br /> million miles traveled fell to 1.48, the lowest level since <br /> record-keeping began in 1966, according to the U.S. <br /> Department of Transportation. <br /> "America's roads and highways are safer than ever," said <br /> Mineta. <br /> Twenty-one states and Washington, D.C., did not follow -''DVEaT~sEMErrrs- <br /> the national trend, however. <br /> <br /> httpa/starbulletin.com/2004/O8/11 /news/story5.htm1 8/11 /04 <br /> <br />