HEAVY TOLL.
MOTOR ACCIDENTS. PASSENGERS SUFFER MOST. ■ Between March 15, 1937, and March 31, 1938, motor vehicles wer.e responsible for 3908 accidents in the Dominion, which resulted in death or injury to 5251 persons. Of this number, 236, or 4.5 per cent, were killed; 1055, or 20.1 per cent, were seriously injured; and 3900, or 75.4 per cent, suffered injuries of a minor nature. Passengers In various types of motor vehicles afe most frequently the victims of road accidents, followed numerically by push cyclists and then pedestrians, with drivers very close in fourth position. When consideration is given to extent of injury, however, the proportion vary somewhat. While passengers head the list in all degrees of injury, amongst fatalities pedestrians come second, with drivers occupying third place. Of persons seriously injured, pedestrians are again second on the list, but the third place is occupied by motor cyclists. Among the minor injuries, push cyclists appear most frequently, followed by pedestrians and drivers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1938, Page 10
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161HEAVY TOLL. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1938, Page 10
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