FOUR DEATHS HOURLY

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1935, Page 15 (Supplement)

FOUR DEATHS HOURLY

MOTOR’S TOLL IN UNITED STATES. TWICE SIZE OF GREAT BRITAIN’S. The motor fatalities in America—allowing for a population three times the size of Great Britain —are nearly twice as large as those in this country. Below are the official figures just published in America. Automobiles brought death to one person every 15 minutes and’injury to one every 39 seconds on the streets and highways of the United States during 1934. The casualty average was computed from statistics gathered by the Travellers’ Insurance Company, showing that 36,000 persons died and approximately a million were hurt in 900,000 accidents. No geographical division of the country was able to record a decrease in fatalities. Six States out of the 45 which reported figures announced success in reducing the toll. They were New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Delaware. From 1924 to 1934 there were more than 290,000 mortal accidents and 8,000,000 nonfatal injuries.