Media Advisory: National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator to Unveil Latest National Highway Fatality Statistics on Monday, August 1 |
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Topics: Jeffrey Runge, M.D.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
July 29, 2005
Friday, July 29, 2005
Contact: Ellen Martin
Telephone: (202) 366-9550
Jeffrey Runge, M.D., Administrator for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will unveil the agency’s 2004 report on highway fatalities nationwide. The data will include comprehensive state-by-state information. Dr. Runge will discuss the latest traffic fatality statistics at a news conference in Buffalo, New York, on August 1, 2005.
The press conference will be held at the Calspan Corporation in its vehicle crash test facility where vehicle safety testing is conducted.
Since 1975, NHTSA has annually collectedthe number of fatalities caused by traffic crashes involving passenger vehicles, cars, trucks and motorcycles within the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The statistics are compiled through a number of resources, including police accident reports, death certificates, state driver licensing files, data from state highway departments, and other records.
| WHO: | National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Jeffrey Runge, M.D. |
| WHAT: | 2004 highway fatality statistics news conference |
| WHEN: | Monday, August 1, 2005 1:15 P.M. ET |
| WHERE: | Calspan Corporation,Crash Research Center 4455 Genesee Street Buffalo, NY, 14225 |
Reporters who wish to participate in the news conference should RSVP to Janet Butler of Calspan at (716) 631-6980. If you are not on the list, security clearance will take longer.