ACCIDENT STATISTICS
THE AMERICAN FIGURES
Whenever the subject, "Safety," is in debate, statistics quoted giving' the number of killed and injured in the United States at largo or in certain States or cities. These totals frequently astound the reader or hearer and are often so stupendous that the average miivd ;. does: not grasp them clearly. Here is a clear statement:—
According to statistics compiled for the year 1926 by the Safety First Bureau of the National Automobile Club, for every thousand cars there was ono death, for every one hundred cars there were • three personal injuries, and for every one hundred cars there were seven accidents.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 19
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106ACCIDENT STATISTICS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 19
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