ROAD ACCIDENTS
POSITION IN BRITAIN BROADCAST BY MINISTER. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, January 3. Surveying the position in regard to road accidents in Britain, Major HoreBelisha (Minister of Transport), in a •broadcast talk, emphasised that real salvation lies not in regulations and mechanical devices/ but in personal care and .restraint. Since the speed control regulations had been in force, however, the situation had shown definite improvement. The figures for the past year were 6,521 killed and 218,798 injured. Since the invention of_ the motor car, said Major Hore-Belisha, accidents had mounted in an unbroken ascenl during every normal year, and if 19.' ", had continued that tendency there would have leen a further increase of 15,000. Further, there had been an average addition of 450 motor vehicles every dar throughout the year. In spite of this, whereas in 1934 99 persons were killed or injured for every 1,000 vehicles on the roads, the figure for 1935 was down to 87. Accidents had not only diminished, but they had become less severe. The percentage of reduction in deaths was twice as great as tiro percentage in the reduction of injuries. The Minister suggested that this was conclusive .proof of the wisdom of controlling speed.
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Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 7
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206ROAD ACCIDENTS Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 7
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