CARS OWNED IN BRITAIN
(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, January 19. Britain had more cars a head of the population than any other country in Europe—one for every 20 persons—in 1951, states the report of the Economic Commission for Europe on Inland Transport. Britain also had the greatest number of buses a head of the population —one for everv 656. In 1951 Britain had 2,437,000 private cars, or 120.000 more than in the previous year. Sweden, which came second to Britain in cars a head of the population, had 313.000, France 1.700.000, and Western Germany 681.000. Jugoslavia came at the bottom of the list with 6TOO. Comparing railway travel with the pre-war level, the report stated that only in Britain and West Germany had there been a decrease in rail journeys a head of the population. Britons made an average of 20 rail journeys each in 1951, compared with 27 in 1938.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26944, 21 January 1953, Page 3
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