THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATON CABINET’S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY SAYS 813 PEOPLE DIED ON KENTUCKY HIGHWAYS IN 20-23…..UP FROM 744 IN 20-
22….AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE 20-16……
DRIVER DISTRACTIONS BECAME SO PREVALENT LAST YEAR…..HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN 20-PERCENT OF ALL FATALITIES….THAT IT SURPASSED DRUNK DRIVING AT
16-PERCENT….A THIRD OF THE FATALITIES INVOLVED AGGRESSIVE DRIVING OR SPEEDING….AND 51-PERCENT WERE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS….
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ACCOUNTED FOR 137 DEATHS AND MOTORCYCLISTS ACCOUNTED FOR 105……