Nevada County ranks low in fatal traffic collisions, according to a recent data analysis performed by the California Highway Patrol and the Nevada County Public Works Department. The county ranked 39th out of 58 counties with a rate of 5.71 fatalities per million vehicle miles traveled, said Steve Castleberry, director of county public works. “I would love to take credit for this, but I am not sure that’s warranted,” Castleberry said in an email to The Union. “However, we are pretty strategic about how we manage the safety of our roads.” While urban counties, Los Angeles County in particular, have …