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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Tragic Traffic Toll in Prince George's County during 2020 and 2019


From John Townsend, AAA:

"During 2020, approximately 324 persons lost their lives in traffic crashes in the Washington metro area.  Of that deathly tally, 111 persons perished in traffic crashes in Prince George’s County. The County accounted for 34.2 percent of all traffic deaths in the Greater Washington area."

"The region saw 305 traffic deaths in 2019, before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Tragically, 112 traffic fatalities  occurred in  Prince George’s County, including 30 pedestrians who lost their lives, during 2019.
So in 2019,  a third - 36.7 percent – of all traffic deaths in the region occurred in Prince George’s County." 


"What is more, Prince George’s County also has the highest number of traffic deaths in the entire state of Maryland in the period from 2015 to 2019, according to the latest data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)."

Speed camera statistics on MD 210 from January 1, 2021 to June 20, 2021:
Total citations: 6,258
Top speed: 144 mph
Vehicles going 100 mph or more: 344 (an average of 2 per day)

Read Neal Augenstein's WTOP report here.

Bottom line: Slow Down and Live!