OCTOBER IS…..NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH…..AND THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET’S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IS PARTNERING
WITH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION IN PROMOTING SAFE DRIVING AND WALKING TIPS THROUGHOUT OCTOBER TO HELP MAKE SURE
EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFELY……
STAYING ALERT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME APPROACHES AND NIGHTFALL COMES EARLIER……
MOST CRASH-RELATED PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES OCCUR AT NIGHT…..OF 121 PEDESTRAIN DEATHS IN THE COMMONWEATH LAST YEAR…..91 OCCURRED AFTER
DARK……
SO FAR THIS YEAR….THERE HAVE BEEN 75 PEDESTRAIN DEATHS…..56 OF WHICH OCCURRED AFTER DARK……
