Japanese Traffic Deaths at 51 year low

The number of traffic deaths in Japan was the lowest in more than 51 years.

In 1955, more than 6,500 people died on the roads. Last year, 6,352 people took their chariots to heaven…or otherwise.
 
It was also the sixth consecutive year of declines in traffic deaths. Every month last year was lower than the same month from the previous year.

The number of traffic accidents – 886,703 and the number of people injured in traffic accidents, 1,097,591 were both down 5% as well.

Aichi, home of Japan's motor companies, was the worst prefecture for road deaths, (did they count test dummies?)

It used to be Hokkaido, with its wide open space and long roads. Hokkaido was second with 277 deaths.

Japan's highest death toll by traffic accidents was in 1970 – enough to fill an NBA coliseum – 16,765.

The highway police are doing something right in Japan. Perhaps traffic violators should be sent to traffic school in Japan from now on.

What do you think?