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UNITED STATES FIGURES. ALARMING INCREASE IN DEATH RATE. New York, June 14. The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters announces that automobile fatalities in the United States during 1925 totalled 22,500, an increase approximately of 2,200 over 1924. This is considered a conservative estimate based on official figures in 198 cities and it is behoved that when the final reports are received the total will be even larger. Level railway crossings took a large toll, increasing from 1,688 in 1924 to 1,794 in 1925. The automobile death rate per 100,000 of the population increased from 14.9 in 1923 to 15.7 in 1924 and 17.10 in 1925. There was an increase of nearly 2,500,000 automobiles between 1924 and 1925, the total in the latter year reaching 19,954,000. Deaths of children continue to be the most serious aspect of the situation, 6,300 youngsters under 15 years losing their lives in 1925.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 19897, 16 June 1926, Page 5
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156TOLL OF THE MOTOR Southland Times, Issue 19897, 16 June 1926, Page 5
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