CHARLESTON — All-terrain vehicle riders appear to be getting the message to ride safely.
A West Virginia University researcher who tracks ATV-related accidents says the number of fatalities has declined for the past two years.
Jim Helmkamp, director of the WVU Injury Control Center, says 30 people have been killed so far this year in ATV-related accidents, compared to 43 by November 2007 and more than 50 by November 2006.
Helmkamp says safety awareness messages may finally be getting through to riders.
Mark Holmes is program coordinator for the Governor’s Highway Safety Program. He says media reports on ATV safety have kept the issue in the public eye, and he believes people have become more aware of the need for safety.
West Virginia
November 19, 2008
ATV-related deaths in W.Va. decline
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