Grim milestone of 1,000 killed in ‘07 on Va. highways is near
December 28, 2007 | Virginia News
Virginians may awake Friday morning to the 1,000th traffic fatality of the year, a milestone in highway mayhem not reached since 1990.
As of Thursday evening, Virginia's law enforcement agencies had recorded 997 fatalities despite public pleas for motorists to slow down, drive sober and wear seat belts. Because Virginia averages about three fatalities a day and some accident victims die days after a collision, the commonwealth may already have surpassed the 1,000 mark and not know it, officials said.
