National Work Zone Awareness Week, Save Lives!

[brian]

National Work Zone Awareness Week, starts April 19.
April 7, 2010: From News 14 Carolina: A Tuesday accident on I85 in Randolph County, NC illustrates the problems with workzone safety. A van drove into the median, then back across the highway, hitting a construction worker alongside the interstate. The worker lost a kidney and suffered broken arms and ribs
The NC DOT says in 2008, 1,463 people were injured in crashes in North Carolina highway work zones – 21 people were killed. There were a total of 2,381 crashes in the state's more than 200 work zones.
The DOT says speeding and distracted driving accounts for more than half the work zone crashes in the state.
See the full story on News 14 Carolina Accident highlights highway work zone safety

[MSI]

Did some checking on the information reported.
From the NC DOT site:

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Then checked with The National WorkZone Safety Information ClearingHouse
and found the following data:

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