Bad-Weather Accidents
A survey by the Citizens’ Traffic Safety Board of Chicago showed that one-fourth of the accidents on Chicago streets during 1963 resulted from motorists’ failure to adjust to bad weather driving situations.
A study of accident reports and tabulated records revealed: —
More than 33,000 of a total of 132,000 accidents in the city during 1963 could be attributed to rain, snow, or ice. In 6000 of these someone was injured and in 45 a person was killed. When rain caused wet road
surfaces, the accident rate was three to five times higher for the same day of the week and hour of the day when pavements were dry. When snow was falling or on the streets, accident rates increased from two to 10 times the rate of dry weather and dry streets. . As noted in the “Chicago Traffic Safety Review,” the accident record indicated that motorists generally did not realise the hazards of wetweather driving nor did they know to what degree speed must be reduced on streets made slippery by rain.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30846, 3 September 1965, Page 13
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