BY JUDY POKRAS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

As Kathleen O'Brien reports in The Star-Ledger, New Jersey has the lowest rate of deaths caused by unintentional injuries, according to the latest information from the National Safety Council. And that includes motor vehicle accidents, poisonings (mostly from drug and alcohol overdoses), and falls.

There is a low number of road injuries because with the state's high population density, roads are often congested and therefore drivers have to move at slower speeds, O'Brien writes. And that may be surprising in light of the view that "New Jersey drivers are known as being among the angriest, and the large number of highways is a punchline for the rest of the country," as Anthony Belano writes for WestfieldPatch.