THE DANGER AGE
"Over 55" was the most dangerous age for pedestrians in London in Easter week. The Ministry of Transport's return of accidents shows that eight out of the twelve pedestrians who were killed wore over that age. Four of them were over seventy-four. Only one was between ten and fifty-five years. Twenty persons were killed in the metropolitan police district in the previous week, bringing the aggregate for the year to 380 deaths. The committee on road safety among school children, held at the Board of Education, heard a recommendation by teachers that, crossings should be made at or near every school. The National Union of Teachers is also of opinion that the best protection for children entering and leaving school is a uniformed policeman. Mr. A. E. Henshall said that the N.U.T. were of the opinion that no road should be used by motorists unless it had a footpath. Mr. Hore-Belisha, Minister of. Transport;, inaugurated the new pavement enclosures at Hammersmith Broadway. The railings are 690 ft long and encircle the pavements erf the Broadway.
Aorangi,
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 1, 1 July 1935, Page 18
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