ROAD DEATHS.
REDUCTION IN BRITAIN. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 2. Ever since the motor car was invented the number of road deaths in Britain lias mounted until last year, when there was the first reduction, by 822 compared with the total in 1934, and the injured were 12,500 fewer. The Minister of Transport (Mr L. E. Hore-Belisha) broadcasting urging fur* ther reduction said:“lt is a melancholy thought that out of probably 2,500,000 listeners 250,000 may by the end of the year have suffered death or injury on roads unless there is increased caution.” The figures for the week ended December 21 were 108 killed and 3959 injured, and for the week ended December 28, 145 killed and 3524 injuied. The figures for the last fortnight of 1934 were: For the week ending December 22, 160 killed and 4305 injured, and for the week ended December 29, 187 killed and 3860 injured.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 70, 4 January 1936, Page 5
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