TOLL OF THE MOHOR.
MEW SOUTH WALES DEATHS.. FREQUENCY OF ACCIDENTSThe toll upon life and limb- exacted by motor vehicles in New South Wales is revealed with startling directness by figures furnished by the Police Deportment,. where the increasing frequency of accidents is- viewed with alarm. The figures showing, the number of persons killed and injured each year in the btate when read in relation to those limited- to the Sydney Metropolitan traffic district for the first three months of the current year indicate that a deplorable record is developing.
The: figures do not show the. actual number a£ motor accidents, says the Svdnay Morning Herald, but it sa certain, than these, have; terrible frequency... lamany accidents people suffer only- minor injury,, or* perhaps,, escape injury altogether. In these cases no reports are made. The fatalities tor three years are as follows r City. CounterEiHed- Iniuxad, EiLfid.. lajuracL. ISSB' ... 1-tt 3860; It* 920' 1327 ... 161 «I4s lEI I LIT J.32S ... 11*0' aiilii liil 1512 The total; number killed in the respective . vears were :: 1926, 253;: 1927,. 273;; 1928;,* 332: The total number injured were:—l 926,. 4550; : 1927, 556% 1928, 7124.. Fur area showing the number killed and injured during the Srst three men tils of this: year are "available for the metropolitan sraffic. district, only- They are : 1 — IsaS:. EJllea. Isditrmi.. laaaacj ♦.<• ■•••. 28 AM February ..i ... a 441 Match,- %- W 558' Total* .... 51 IfltS During the- last three months, there have been four deaths and 124 persona- injured every week, in the metropolitan: district. Traffic authorities state that they believe the primary causes of the increasing number of accidents to bey, firstly, the growing number of motor vehicles being: placed on the road; secondly,, the increasing population ;; thirdly,, the desire for speed* either as an exhilaration or because of the demands of modern life and business; and, fourthly,, the congestion of city streets.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 12
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