State DOT: September Traffic Deaths Fewest Since World War II

Wisconsin records its fewest traffic deaths for a September since the end of World War Two in the 1940s. According to preliminary figures from the state D-O-T, 41 people lost their lives in state crashes last month — six fewer than the same month last year, and 16 fewer than the average for the last five Septembers. Four-hundred-38 people were killed on Wisconsin roadways in the first nine months of this year — one fewer than the same period last year, but 19 more than the five year average. Sixty-five motorcyclists have died this year along with 44 pedestrians and three bicycle riders.