ROAD ACCIDENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 230, 30 September 1941, Page 4

ROAD ACCIDENTS

WANGANUI STATISTICS TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT’S RETURN’S A cyclist was the only fatality arising from road accidents in Wanganui in the year ended March 31, says the annual report of the Transport Department in the House of Representatives. It adds that 34 of the 69 accidents in Wanganui in the period were to cyclists. The next highest group in the accident list were motor-cyclists, 12 o£ them being injured. Other Wanganui accidents involving injuries included eight to pedestrians, six to car drivers, and eight to car passengers. Statistics supplied by the Transport Department show that of the cities and larger boroughs, Wellington had most pedestrian casualties, Christchurch most cycling casualties, and Auckland most collisions between motor vehicles. Details of casualties, fatal accidents being shown in parentheses, are: — Auckland 424 (16.), Christchurch 404 (12), Wellington 359 (seven), Dunedin 12 (four), Palmerston North 71 (four/, Wanganui 69 (one/, Hamilton 56. Lower Hutt 52 (three), Hastings 46 (one), Gisborne 42 lone), Mt. Eden 38 (one), Newmarket 37 (two), Onehunga 35 (one), Invercargill 32 (one), Mt. Albert 32", New Plymouth 30 (two), Petone 30 (three), Napier 28 (two), Otabuau 23 (one., Devonport 23. Timaru 21, Ashburton 19 (one), Takapuna 16 (one), Masterton 1!' (one/. Greymouth 11. Whangarei 11, Nelson 11, Rotorua 7 (one), Oamaru 7 (onei.