Traffic Deaths Lowest Since 1950
Car crashes killed 33,808 in 2009, a nearly 10 percent drop from the year before.
Traffic deaths have hit their lowest level since 1950, the year fatalities behind the wheel began to be tracked, according to the latest government statistics. Car crashes killed 33,808 in 2009, a nearly 10 percent drop from the year before, according to data from the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. CNN
