The number of New York City traffic fatalities is on the rise.
Speeding accounted for about 30 percent of the fatalities. Hit-and-run deaths increased to 47, a 31 percent increase over 2010.
In releasing the numbers, the Department of Transportation called for the state to approve speed-camera enforcement for the city.
It said a majority of those who died — 148 — were pedestrians. Eighteen bicyclists were killed, down from 22 in 2011. There also were 35 motorcycle deaths, up from 32 a year earlier.
The DOT says the 2012 deaths were the fourth fewest since record keeping started in 1910.
Topics New York
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