Improving Safety Features on Roads and Highways Could Decrease Fatal Traffic Accidents

CONCORD, N.H.--Feb. 2, 20047, 2004--More than 150 people died in automobile crashes on New Hampshire's roadways last year. In fact, the Granite State's death rate due to accidents is 34 percent higher than Massachusetts, according to a study from the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization The Road Information Program (TRIP).

Investments in highways, roads and bridges are critical to public safety. Serious accidents can be prevented by making highway improvements such as adding turning lanes, removing obstacles, adding medians, widening lanes, widening and paving shoulders, improving intersection layouts, providing better road markings and installing or upgrading traffic signals.

A Safer Road to Tomorrow, a group comprised of leading public and private safety, transportation, construction, law enforcement and business organizations in New Hampshire, is lending its voice to ensure that smart and steady investments in the state's transportation infrastructure are planned as New Hampshire grows. Partners of A Safer Road to Tomorrow include: Safety & Health Council of NH, Business and Industry Association of NH, NH Association of Chiefs of Police, NH Lodging & Restaurant Association, and Associated General Contractors of NH. To learn more about this important issue, visit our Web site at www.saferoadsnh.com.