Highway Deaths in Kentucky Increased in 2014

State officials say highway fatalities in Kentucky increased last year after a record low in 2013.

The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety says preliminary figures show that 667 people died on Kentucky roadways last year, up from 638 the year before.

But the agency’s executive director, Bill Bell, says despite the uptick in deaths, there were 81 days in 2014 with no deaths, up from 75 in 2013. Bell says alcohol-related crashes were down by more than two percent.

The fatal total from last year was the second lowest total since 1949, when 573 fatalities were recorded.

A final report on crash data is expected by April.

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