MOTOR DEATH-RATE.
HIGH IN THE COUNTRY. AUCKLAND ON THE AVERAGE. 176 LIVES LOST IN 1925. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) WELLINGTON, this day. The death-rate from motor vehicle accidents is not appreciably higher in urban areas than in country districts, states the Government statistician, in a report ou the vital statistics of the Dominion for the past year.
The rate per 10,000 of the population for the whole of the- Dominion in 192S was 1.27—f0r urban areas 1.35, and for the country or the remaining districts 1.17. " ...
It is interesting to observe difference in rates for the four main centres. Wellington records the; highest, with a rate of 1.54, followed by Auckland, 1.20, Christchurch, 1.06, and Dunedin, oi4B. It will be noticed that with the excepion of Wellington all four have a lower rate than the general rate for the entire Dominion.
The number of- deaths from motor vehicle accidents in 192S was 176. Accidents arising from the use of horsedriven vehicles caused 17 deaths.
Comparatively few fatal tramway accidents, it is stated, occur in New Zealand, and this class of vehicle caused only 10 deaths in 1928. ,
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 246, 17 October 1929, Page 28
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