Traffic Safety Initiatives: We're Number One, But Don't Want to Be

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Traffic Safety Initiatives: We’re Number One, But Don’t Want to Be

The Evolution of a Traffic Safety Task Force

Mark Holtzman, Chief of Police, Greenville Police Department, North Carolina, and Ellen M. Walston, MSW, ACSW, LCSW-Injury Prevention Program Coordinator, Vidant Medical Center, North Carolina

Greenville is a vibrant city in eastern North Carolina with a large university, a community college, and a Level One trauma center.

For many years, the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Traffic Crash Facts report ranked Greenville as number one for highest volume of crashes in cities with populations of 10,000 or more.¹