FEWER MOTORS

Evening Star, Issue 20995, 8 January 1932, Page 14

FEWER MOTORS

„ — ACCIDENT INCIDENCE FALLS [Special to the ‘Stab.’] CHRISTCHURCH, January 7. The fears expressed by the superintendent of Christchurch Hospital (Dr Fox) a year ago that tho accommodation of the hospital would be seriously stressed if motor vehicle accidents increased at their then rate, have not been borne out by the incidence of accidents in the past year, for to-day the special ward set apart for such cases is only slightly more than half-full. When Dr Fox was asked if he thought the decreased incidence of motor accidents was due to greater care on the part of drivers, he scouted the idea emphatically, and pointed to the fact that there were not so many motor vehicles being used because of economic conditions. .From all sources of information, it is patent that there have been fewer traffic accidents in the past year than formerly, that there has been a comparative freedom from serious smashes, and that, as Dr Fox says, this happy position arises, not from the fact that drivers are less careless, but from tho fact that fewer vehicles are in use, and those that are do not get as much service as they would in normal times.