SAFETY ON THE ROAD
CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN
HIGH BLACK-OUT MORTALITY
LONDON, January 24,
The Minister of Transport, Captain Euan Wallace.x announced in the House of Commons that the Government proposes to introduce a speed limit of 20 miles an hour in. built-up areas during the black-out period. The speed limit is to become operative on February 1. Mr. Wallace said that till a sufficient proportion of Germany's bomber striking force has been destroyed, ending the menace of air raids, the black-out would continue substantially in the present form.
A total of 4123 persons have died in road accidents since the outbreak of the war, compared with 2494 for the corresponding period last year, he said. Sixty per cent of the fatalities were due to black-out accidents. The lowest: death-rate occurred during the full moons. Pedestrians were th 6 chief sufferers, 2657 being killed, representing an increase of 117 per cent, over last year.
Mr. Wallace added that the Ministry of Information is immediatelystarting a road-safety campaign, using the Press, broadcasting, and the cinema.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 21, 25 January 1940, Page 10
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