From October, 2006 through October, 2007, traffic accidents dropped an average of nearly 1% each month, while the amount of casualties decreased 1.4% per month.
Thirty-three people were killed in car accidents in October, including seven in Judea and Samaria. 145 people were seriously injured.
The monthly average of car deaths in Israel (not including Judea and Samaria) this year is 33.3 - compared with 34.5 last year and 37.3 in 2005 and 40 in 2004.
Police statistics from May 2005 show that while Israeli-Arabs hold 13% of