ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR ON RECORD IN WHICH THERE WERE NO TRAFFIC FATALITIES ON HIGHWAY 17. IN HONOR OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE HEAVILY TRAVELED MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAY, CHP’s SAFE ON 17 TASK FORCE HAS RECEIVED THE PETER O’ROURKE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING HIGHWAY SAFETY IN 2011. SINCE THE CONCEPTION OF THE SAFE ON 17 TASK FORCE COLLISIONS ON HIGHWAY 17 HAVE DROPPED BY 49 PERCENT.
