For the fifth time since 2004, Chapel Hill was among 15 North Carolina communities recognized by AAA of the Carolinas for its efforts to promote traffic safety.
Chapel Hill received the award of outstanding N.C. Traffic Safe Community of 2011. This award represents communities with populations of more than 30,000 and is based on crash statistics, number of law enforcement officers per capita and the presence of a formal traffic safety program that includes year round traffic safety initiatives.