LUCAS COUNTY -- The Lucas County Traffic Safety Program is reporting that in 2012 fatal crashes increased in Lucas County by 52 percent.
They say that in 2011 there were 23 fatal crashes and 29 fatalities compared to 35 fatal crashes and 36 deaths in 2012.
Four of the 36 fatalities, in 2012, were motorcyclists, nine were pedestrians, and two were bicyclists.
30 of those killed were males and six were females.
Officials say the number one contributing circumstance in those fatal crashes was Improper Crossing followed by Left of Center, Failure to Yield and Failure to Control.
They also noted that nine of the fatal crashes in 2012 occurred on Tuesday.
Fifty-two percent of the 2012 fatal crashes in Lucas County were attributed to a driver operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash.
Nationally and state-wide, about 32 percent of the fatal crashes involve an impaired driver.
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