ROAD DEATHS IN JUNE
29 Killed In .NZ . (New Zealand Pre** Association) WELLINGTON, July I. Twenty-nine persons .were killed in road accidents during June to bring the total number-’of road' deaths for the last two months to 52, compared with 59 for-the same period last year Giving these figures today, the Minister of. Transport (Mr Mathison) said the number of lives lost on the road for the-last two months was, with one, exception, the lowest for 10 years. Road .deaths this year now total 179. compared with 173 for the first six months of 1959.
The Minister said the biggest reductions in road deaths so far this year had been/in Wellington and the Waikato traffic districts.
He said that ' the remaining months of winter were always dangerous on the road and would call for the utmost care by all road-users.
- He also stressed that pedestrian and cycling accidents tended to increase during the coming two months, and he urged cyclists to have - efficient lights and pedestrians to wear .or carry something white so they could easily be seen art night by motorists.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29246, 2 July 1960, Page 12
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