
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 29, 1993                   TAG: 9309290069
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHICAGO                                LENGTH: Short

FATAL ACCIDENTS REACH 71-YEAR LOW

Fewer Americans died in accidents last year than in any other year since 1922, when the population was less than half what it is now, the National Safety Council has found.

Accidents killed 83,000 Americans last year, 5 percent fewer than in 1991. They ranked as the fourth-leading cause of death, after cancer, heart disease and stroke, the report said. In 1922, 76,300 people died in accidents.

The biggest reductions were in traffic fatalities and workplace deaths, said Alan Hoskin, the council's statistics manager and editor of the 109-page report, "Accident Facts." - Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

by CNB