Three people were killed on Tennessee roads during the Labor Day holiday weekend.

That was potentially the lowest-ever number of Labor Day weekend fatalities in the state, improving upon the previous record low set in 1962, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

However, one of those three fatalities was in Greene County.

Michael S. Gunter, 37, of Greystone Road, was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle accident on Greystone Road.

Preliminary reports by the Tennessee Department of Safety indicate a drop from nine fatalities in nine fatal crashes last year.

The 2010 Labor Day holiday period started at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, and ran through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 6.

During the 78-hour holiday period, all three fatalities were in single-vehicle crashes.

The three fatalities included one vehicle occupant, Gunter, who was not wearing safety restraints in Greene County; one motorcyclist in Sevier County who was wearing a helmet; and one pedestrian in Shelby County.

The previous record for lowest number of fatalities during the Labor Day period was six in 1962, according to the THP.

The highest number of people killed in Tennessee during a Labor Day holiday weekend occurred in 1974 when 27 people died in crashes during a 78-hour holiday period.

The statistical data for the Labor Day holiday weekend are preliminary and subject to change due to some delays in reporting, the THP said.

The THP conducted more than 70 driver license and sobriety checkpoints throughout the state during the holiday weekend.

The THP also teamed up with local law enforcement to conduct simultaneous saturation patrols on interstates and highways.