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<br /> <br />Too Many People Die From Traffic Crashes On Hawaii Island Roads <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The rate of traffic- related deaths <br />on Hawaii Island is nearly three <br />times higher than the death rate <br />on Oahu, between 2001 and 2008. <br />Traffic-related fatalities include: <br />motor vehicle occupants, <br />pedestrians, motorcyclists, moped <br />operators, ATV operators and <br />bicyclists. [Figure 1] <br /> <br />[ <br />[ <br />[~" <br /> <br />-~. <br /> <br /> <br />r <br />u <br /> <br />[ <br />[ <br />[ <br /> <br />· A total of 316 people died from <br />traffic crashes on Hawaii Island <br />roads, between 2000 - 2008. For <br />the same time period, the average <br />number of traffic-related deaths <br />per year in Hawaii County was 35. <br />The number of Hawaii County <br />traffic deaths has decreased <br />slightly each year since 2004. <br />[Figure 2] <br /> <br />Figure 1 <br /> <br />30.0 <br />"0 <br />III <br />en <br />::> <br />'0 <br />to <br />d, <br />g> 25.0 <br />-0 <br />c <br />c- <br />.Q <br />.~ <br />15. 20.0 <br />o <br />Q. <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />~ 150 <br />Q; . <br />Q. <br /><Jl <br />~ <br />co <br />]i 10.0 <br />"0 <br />III <br />ro <br />~ <br />,) <br />IE <br />~_" 5.0 <br />'0 <br />III <br />ro <br />n:: <br /> <br />Rate of Traffic-Related Fatalities <br /> <br />25.6 <br /> <br /> <br />11.5 <br /> <br />~~'~~r~~ <br />',';"l\\li{StatEL' . -".' ~ <br />11.3 <br /> <br />12.6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />8.9 <br /> <br />8.9 <br /> <br />7.6 <br /> <br />7.8 <br />~1i'!H:1!iffi~~~,.""t(l,. %'~ <br />\f'i0\,~G!!Y&,i~2"upty{of:lii9n9.!,l!Il!1.\!~ <br /> <br />4.8 <br /> <br />0.0 <br /> <br />2001 <br /> <br />2002 <br /> <br />2003 <br /> <br />2004 <br /> <br />2005 <br /> <br />2006 <br /> <br />2007 <br /> <br />2008 <br /> <br />Chart: North Hawaii Outcomes Project <br /> <br />Figure 2 <br /> <br /> 180 <br /> 160 <br />CfJ <br />~ 140 <br />ro <br />~ <br />"0 120 <br /><ll <br />ro <br />~ <br />u 100 <br />it:: <br />jg <br />'0 80 <br />Q; <br />.0 <br />E <br />::> 60 <br />Z <br /> 40 <br /> 20 <br /> o . <br /> 2000 <br /> <br />Source: Hawaii State Department of Transportation <br /> <br />Number of Traffic-Related Fatalities <br />January 2000 - December 2008 <br /> <br />~;r.~Stale~~ <br /> <br />----I <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />142 <br /> <br /> <br />119 <br /> <br />t!:;Q@~hd~qfun!Yc.9LH6dffi\,Jl~tJ 88 <br />79 <br /> <br />107 <br /> <br /> <br /> IB~Wi!iITQi?liilfy~~:i;1 <br /> 41 40 39 <br />30 33 29 <br />28 <br />2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 <br /> <br /> <br />Chart: North Hawaii Outcomes Project <br /> <br />Source: Hawaii State Department of Transportation <br /> <br />The Problem · 1 <br />