The Nebraska Department of Highways publishes the number of traffic fatalities for the month of September 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. (COLLEN) – According to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Transportation, during the month of September 2022, 36 people died in traffic accidents on Nebraska highways.

• These 36 deaths occurred in 30 fatal accidents.
• Nine of the 27 occupants of the vehicle killed were not wearing seat belts, eleven were wearing seat belts, and seven were wearing seat belts, marked as unknown.
• Twenty-three of the dead were in rural areas.
• One of those killed was on the interstate, 24 on other highways, and eleven on local roads.
• 6 of the dead are motorcyclists.
• Three of the dead were pedestrians.
• One of those killed by a train.

• In September 2021, 22 people died.
• In 2022, only 50 of the 162 vehicle passengers who were killed were wearing seat belts.

For daily calculations visit this website:

dot.nebraska.gov/media/3341/monthlytoll.pdf

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