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Vermont crash fatalities fell in 2024, VTrans says; speed and lane‑departure remain top factors
Summary
At an April 30 Senate Transportation hearing, Mandy Shatney of the Vermont Agency of Transportation presented 2023–24 crash data showing statewide declines in overall and impaired fatalities but increases in speed‑related and lane‑departure deaths, and described online dashboards and data tools used for safety planning.
Mandy Shatney, data section manager in the operations and safety bureau at the Vermont Agency of Transportation, told the Senate Transportation Committee on April 30 that the state recorded 71 traffic fatalities in 2023 and 59 in 2024, and that the department is posting expanded dashboards and story maps to help officials and the public examine crash trends.
Shatney said impaired‑driving fatalities fell in 2024 and that unbelted occupant fatalities have fallen in recent years, but that several concerning trends remain: speed‑related fatalities rose by about 50 percent, pedestrian fatalities increased 20 percent (from five in 2023 to six in 2024), and lane‑departure crashes accounted for a large share of fatal collisions. “The two things that I want to point out are our speed‑related fatalities increased by 50% and our pedestrian fatalities increased by 20,” Shatney said.
Why it matters: The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) feeds crash data to the state highway safety office, which uses the information to…
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