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1s which occurred during
causes of these accents
applicable to Canada,
that of the United States, ‘a
the jae oan sions can be
of accidi

;
icle deaths
in places classified as rural.
pees in rural areas, the
avell over ‘half of all deaths’

death rates

ination of changes reduced the
0 vehicle miles in 1957 to 5.6

the increase in-mileage occurred
shary arena 257 to mae
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t 3.

fatalities. But statistics show that | 319% of their fatalities involved
the same amount of drinking | speeding.

Pane among both city and rural] They point out however, that
_ The experts in the National

Safety Council state ne the

American police traffic records | Therefor

indicate that 30% of their Giniee

involved drinking drivers, and| show two drivers fae in a

Circumstances contributing to aceidents

motor-vehicle accidents are due to a par-
fea circumstance, eckine ae acldent have a Gabi Ribs of ae a
circumstances, and few accidents are investigated c: h
termine ‘exactly what the eiderisiae causes were.
nae ve the mere a acaal contributing circumstances as reported on
1959 st summaries

Alcohol

Among drivers in fatal accidents in 1958 for whom condition
yaa reich 21 out of 100 had been drinking, csonctig to reports
froi tates. This Haas a tt ae in 1957. (Con.

di oe ee driver was not stated i ent of the ea

A drinking driver was feaer in ane 20 per cent of all fatal
accidents. Since most two- rear “drinking’\ accidents ea Ienly
one drinking frien the props partion: fot cidents inv ‘inking di
higher than the proportion of dri ad bi

tcohel”—the most serious violation included in

Of the adult pedestrians killed in accidents in 1958, 25 out of 100 fa been
ergy pesertle iy, Es ores son 18 piste This was slightly higher than
in 1957, when the n was 23 out of 100. The 1958 proportion is equiva-

Tent to Pont 1400 "of the 5,600 adult pedestrian deaths. (Condition was not

stated for 25 per cent of the pedestrians killed.)

“drinking” aecident, when only It appears conclusive from these
one driver was drunk and the |’ S that anetis ths aes
q : Until such time

acrifice sealfor

ad of safety for speed
. this ee nee will
continue:

the percentage 0

of dri
s far lower then the reports shan

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Day-night mileage death rates

Night driving is considerably ‘e hazardous than day driving, in both
urban and rural areas. peer in the ena below are only SPEER ne HOE of
the 1958 experience becau of vehicle jailes into the various
categories is based on scant matic ion, but even though the cae
not be precise, the great diterences between the day and ee
no doubt that night driving is more hazardous than day

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While night a

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accidents—fatal, nonfatal and property damage. As shown in the chart he,
low, the night to day austen sane sled ero leae(enea ip Hadianecae

of 20 miles per hour to about 8 to 1 for speeds of 80 miles per hou:
RATIO | | |
8 | — RATIO OF NIGHT TO DAY ACGIDENT RATES* |__|
BY TRAVEL SPEED ji
MAIN RURAL ROADS)
t e
TRAVEL
is | a ;
: ea | eee
r 20 30 40 E 60 70 20
TRAVEL SPEED IN MILES PER HOUR

Pedestrian deaths

in urban areas, more pedestrians are killed at intersections while sae

am a a than are killed whils crossing against signals. Even mor

killed at intersections without signals, and between intersections. Complete

evaluation of these figures, ates requires data on speed frequency of cross-
ings in each situation—information which is not available.

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