DANGER AGE FOR WALKERS
" Over 55 " was the most dangerous age for pedestrians in London in Easter week. The Ministry of- Transport's return of accidents shows that eight out of the 12 pedstrians who were killed were over that age. Four of them were over 74. Only one was between 10 and 55 years. Twenty persons were killed in the metropolitan police district in the previous week, bringing the aggregate for the year to 380 deaths. The Committee on Road Safety among school children, held at the Board of Education, heard a recommendation by teachers that crossings should be made, at or near every school. The National Union of Teachers is also of opinion that the best protection for children entering and leaving school is a uniformed policeman. Mr A. E. Henshall said that the N.U.T. were of the opinion that no road should be used by motorists unless it had a footpath. Mr Hore-Belisha, Minister of Transport, inaugurated the new pavement enclosures at Hammersmith Broadway. The railings are 690 feet long and encircle the pavements of the Broadway.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22609, 28 June 1935, Page 7
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