There were 221 fatalities on Montana highways in 2009.
There have been 2 fatalities on Montana highways this year.
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Montana’s likeliest crash fatality scenario:
a pickup, a rural road, and seat belts that aren’t used.
Occupants of pickups are less likely to wear seat belts and pickups are more likely to roll over than passenger cars.
- Seat belts reduce the risk of death by 60 percent in pickups and SUVs.
- In Montana, from 2006-2008, 81% of those killed in a crash while riding in a pickup were not wearing seat belts.
- In Montana, pickups make up 40.1% of the vehicle population.
- 18 to 24 year old drivers have the highest rates of alcohol-related driving crashes in Montana.
- 4 out of 10 fatal crashes in Montana have alcohol/drugs involved.
- 8,320 DUI cases were filed in 2007 in Montana. more...
