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About 70 volunteers waving signs with traffic safety messages lined Mill Plain Boulevard marking the official start of the Corridor.
Mill Plain was designated as a corridor due to the high number of fatal and disabling collisions. Between August 2002 and July 2005, there were 1,252 collision – just more than one collision each day. Two percent (2%) of these collisions involved fatal or disabling injuries and nearly 4.5% were alcohol-related.
Leading collision types reported include: Rearend, Angle, Sideswipe (same direction), Driveway-Related, Hit Fixed Objects, Hit Cyclist, and Hit Pedestrian. Leading contributing causes include: Following Too Close, Failing to Yield, Inattention, Exceeding Safe Speed, Disregarding Signal, and Under Influence of Alcohol.
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