PennDOT announces deaths on Pennsylvania highways in 2024, the second lowest deaths on record

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from PennDOT, PennDOT announced the deaths on Pennsylvania highways dropped to 1,127 in 2024, the second lowest since record keeping began in 1928. The total number of deaths in 2024 on Pennsylvania highways was also lower than the total in 2023 by 82. PennDOT also recommends that drivers have to choose not to drive aggressive, distracted or impaired to avoid an accident, life-threatening or not, on the roads of Pennsylvania.