TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS
PAST THREE YEARS FIGURES
INTERESTING REPORT BY TRAMWAYS MANAGER. A return showing tho number of tramway accidents to persons, and collisions with cars and vehicles which have occurred during the last three years in tho city was presented to tho City Council last night by Mr W. H. Morton, general manager of tho tramways. Ho states although there has been an increase in the number of collisions during the last two years, tho accidents to persons have decreased from 11.24 per million passengers carried in 1915 to 3.75 for last eyar, which Is very satisfactory considering tho overloading that has prevailed and the large number of new employees on the cars.
1015 1916 1917 C o 3 1 i s i o n 91 with vehicles 60 88 C o llision with cars ... 16 23 27 P a sse tigers a I i g h ting 155 from cars ... 205 76 P e d estrians k n o c k o d 28 cars 13 33 P a s s e ngers b carding 19 tion 39 33 . Total it a s206,168 carried ... 25,517,515 28,C8 7,773 32 335 214 dents 372 Accidents per million passengers 14.57 11.71 7.48 Total acoidenta to passengers 287 219 129 Pei’soxial inj uries per million pas7.63 sengers 11.24
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9902, 22 February 1918, Page 6
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215TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9902, 22 February 1918, Page 6
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