ROAD ACCIDENTS IN BRITAIN
HEAVY CASUALTIES IN DECEMBER
(Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, February 21. Road casualties in December were the heaviest recorded in this period in Britain for 10 years. , . The total was 18,187, which included 521 killed and 4578 seriously injured. More than a sixth of the casualties occurred in the last four week days before Christmas, when 3200 people were injured and 101 killed. The casualties reached a peak on Christmas Eve, with the total for this cne day more than 1000, including 24 killed. "The total for the month was 2425 more than December, 1950. JE
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26662, 22 February 1952, Page 7
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