2012 LEAST ROAD FATALITIES MONTEREY 2/22/13 4:00p DMF

2012 WAS THE SAFEST YEAR IN RECENT HISTORY FOR MOTORISTS IN MONTEREY COUNTY. 17 DEATHS CAUSED BY TRAFFIC COLLISIONS WERE REPORTED IN 2012 COMPARED TO 35 IN 2011. ALSO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COLLISIONS DROPPED 6 PERCENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT CAUSED BY IMPAIRED DRIVERS DECLINING 11 PERCENT. 2004 WAS THE HIGHEST RECORDED NUMBER OF DEATHS ON MONTEREY county ROADWAYS, WITH 87 REPORTED.