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Laptop Battery The number of pedestrians killed on New Jersey's roads dropped by about 20 percent last year, as the state rebounded from a startling surge in deaths in 2002.

Pedestrian deaths on New Jersey's roads rose by 37 percent last year, a surge that produced the highest number of fatalities in almost a decade, according to state statistics. There were 183 pedestrian deaths in 2002, compared with 134 in 2001. That increase contrasted with reductions in the number of people killed in accidents in motor vehicles and on motorcycles and bicycles. Traffic safety officials were at a loss to pinpoint a primary cause for the rise in pedestrian deaths, instead offering a variety of explanations.

Thinkpad The state's pedestrian fatalities dropped to 142 in 2003 after soaring to 180 the year before, which had been the highest death toll in about a decade.

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Microsoft Meanwhile, overall highway deaths in New Jersey also fell in 2003 to 733, compared to 771 the previous year, according to the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety.

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Laptop Computers "Obviously, it's very good news that the numbers are down, but I still think they're too high," said Michele Mount, spokeswoman for AAA-New Jersey.

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Laptop Computer "The encouraging down-trend in pedestrian fatalities we saw from 1998 to 2001 came to an abrupt end with last year's huge increase. The good news is that 2002 may have been an unusually bad year," said Kate Slevin, associate director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a watchdog group.

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Desktop Computer Part of the reason for the 2002 spike in pedestrian deaths may have been warm weather in January and February of that year, when the number of fatalities doubled over the previous year, officials said.

Notebooks The 2003 statistics are preliminary and may change somewhat by the time final reports are completed in the spring. The fatalities are not yet broken down by location, cause or other factors.

Lenovo Over the last 15 months, state Department of Transportation officials have pushed several programs designed to reduce highway deaths.

Hard Drive For example, the state's "safety corridor" program has imposed larger traffic fines for roads with high numbers of accidents. The "#77" program urges motorists to report aggressive drivers. The Transportation Department has accelerated construction of guide rails at trouble spots.

Travelstar "These numbers are very encouraging," Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere said. "We think it's the result of an accumulation of these things. We just have to keep hammering away."

Gateway Even with the 20 percent drop, the number of pedestrian deaths in New Jersey remained higher than it had been in 2001, when 134 people were killed.

Laptop Parts "We're not out of the woods in terms of pedestrian safety," said Tyler Burke, a spokesman for the Tri-State Campaign. "There's more to be done."

Software The watchdog group said the state still needs to improve sidewalks, build more speed bumps and install more raised crosswalks to improve pedestrian safety.

Hard Drives The number of overall highway deaths remained within the range of 725 to 775 that has been typical for New Jersey for the last decade.

Electronics "When you consider that the volume of traffic is ever increasing, the fact that we're holding stable is a positive thing," said Bob Gaydosh, spokesman for the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety.

Canon Mount, from AAA-New Jersey, said motorists need to pay more attention.

Desktop Pc "We all do so much driving in New Jersey that I think we get complacent behind the wheel," she said. "I try to emphasize that when you get behind the wheel, that's got to be your number one priority. People do too much multitasking."

Desktop Computers By Joe Malinconico
Star-Ledger - 2/25/2004

Topic: Transportation

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