Motor-cycle Accidents
Sir, —What with manhole covers, paint, oozing tar, potholes and motorists who refuse to give way and shoot out of parking spaces, the city streets are a nightmare for motor-cyclists.. In a recent editorial “The Press” said that “in proportion to their numbers motor-cycles are involved in three times as many accidents causing death or injury as cars.” But of these accidents how many persons including driver, passengers, and pedestrians are killed or injured, and in what proportion?—Yours, etc., A MURDEROUS MOTORCYCLIST. December 14, 1964. [The district officer of the Transport Department (Mr D. L. Hogan) says: “In 1963 the road casualties were:—drivers of motor vehicles, 4592; passengers in motor vehicles, 5520; motor-cyclists and pillion riders, 1563; cyclists, 1347; pedestrians, 1611; power cyclists, 192; other road users, 46. The total was 14,871.”]
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30630, 22 December 1964, Page 16
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134Motor-cycle Accidents Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30630, 22 December 1964, Page 16
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