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Even with warmer weather and the start of the busy summer driving season, traffic fatalities in June were the second lowest for the month on Wisconsin roads since the start of the modern highway system at the end of World War II.

The State Patrol said 49 people were killed in crashes in June, second only to 45 fatalities in June of 1946. The deadliest June on Wisconsin roads was in 1956 when 115 people died in traffic crashes.

In June 2013, 61 people died on state roads, and the five-year average for June is 58 traffic deaths.

Through the first six months of 2014, 215 people have died in traffic crashes in Wisconsin, 11 fewer than through the first six months of 2013 and 29 fewer than the five-year average.

The 215 deaths include 32 motorcycle drivers, three motorcycle passengers, 18 pedestrians and one bicyclist.

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