MOTOR ACCIDENTS
NEW SOUTH WALES RECORDS FEWER FATALITIES LAST YEAR Despite the fact that motor vehicles in commission increased by 10,000, there were fewer fatal accidents in New South Wales last year than in 1932. According to official returns, there were 250 deaths in 1933, compared with 258 in 1932. The number of injured persons was 5719, compared with 4830 in the previous year. As in previous years, the bulk of the accidents last year occurred in the metropolitan police traffic district. Two hundred deaths were reported, coinpared with 151 in 1932, 181 in 1931, 220 in 1930, and 239 in 1929. Last year 3900 persons were injured in the metropolitan district, compared with 3928 in 1932, 4492 in 1931, 5627 in 1930, and 6243 in 1929. Of the total of 2-126 persons killed by accidents during the period 1926-1933, 896 were outside the metropolitan area.
Leading police authorities express the view that the majority of accidents last year were caused by persons driving too rapidly at intersections. With ordinary care no accidents at these places would have occurred. "The accident figures are not as satisfactory as they should be," it was stated, " but they have not shown an increase in proportion to the number of vehicles registered."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 13
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208MOTOR ACCIDENTS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 13
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