THE DEADLY MOTOR
; DEATHS IN AMERICA. ’ /., INCREASE IN RATE. ! Prcfes Association—Electric Telegraph— Copyrlg WASHINGTON, Thursday, ~ In 1924 the, motor accident death rate in the /United States >vas !5.£. per 100,000 of population, as compared with 14.9 in 1923,. 12.5 in 1922, and 11.3 in 1921. The total deaths in 1924 Teaclicd 15,528; in 1923 the total was. 14,411, and in 1922, 11,6(36. The total does not include deaths from crossings' accidents which added 1532 fatalities in 1924. The highest State death rate is California ’s, which is 32 per 100,000. The New York city rate is 16.6 and that of Chicago 19.—Reuter.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 December 1925, Page 5
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