Kentucky Tops Nation in ATV Deaths
USAgNet - 12/20/2005
The death rate for all-terrain vehicle users grew faster in Kentucky than in any state from 2002 to 2004, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Kentucky led the nation with 106 reported ATV-related deaths from those years, according to the commission's recently released Annual Report of ATV Deaths and Injuries.
West Virginia was second with 93 deaths reported. Nationwide, there were 1,571 deaths in that span, according to the report.
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