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Columbia reeneced the prey EEseN ane ins 4
crease in finer vehicl alities, injur’ ts, af

all the provinces in Create for the first
ane speed appears to be the factor pevponuible: (Ge this in-

While traffic experts ets are i.
reluctant to admit Spee zones sabes piers ithe ere

are iy any nisil n, rease in fatal ules and a de
lin = in the

Speed, the;

of these inert ere ths, experts in| or 1 \
ite ree Safety Council Hee rati
that their statistics show speed is} A check of

B.C.
the main factor in the Serene of Biatisties: pee mnie po:
fat: the:

al traffic accidents. records show ae |

Types and circumstances of fatal accidents

URBAN DEATHS {350 sco P==MPpey RURAL DEATHS  (3s5 27.c00 Mal

COLLISION WITH PEDESTRIAN
ry

isas\i7. i

1948 24%,
1958 30%

f these deaths occurred in iire||em the a rather then “seed
of ae ancouver. is the cause of the increas
s alities.

efute this argument
(S "Ss ile filiils accidents showed
one he ot ie entire _ponulti na lig niceareaee while at the same

prov there. | time the number ne pe on the

ee iS argu-| road increased by
inei(tadivanced Uveaee erties Undoubtedly, tetas drivers
that the larger volume of traffic} are a major factor in traffic

BRITISH

The dette Fini” on te
National Safety Couneil’s ma
accurate record 2 the
1958, in the

=
2

The statis gran:
although our popuioslog 4 is aaa th
other conditions are similar. Therese
drawn for both countries regarding cc

Principal classes gf mo moi
Three-fourths of the death!

In urban areas, oe ne of the ian :

victims were mostly occupants of

occurred in night accide: ate

TOTAL DE!

TOTAL PEDESTRIAN
TOTAL NONPEDESTRIAN 29,200

Trends in urban and tu

Motor-vehicle deaths were dows
vehicle mileage was up 3 per ci

All of the decrease in deaths and most
a rural areas, so the rural cn rate dr
in 1958. In urban areas, deaths were un
to produce a slight decrease i the deat!

t 30 per cent of the drivers in fatal accidents were vio-
Heer a speeds ENE aceoraing to reports from 18 states. Speed
vio! in 3%

a ae a AN oe oe \ lations 7 percent of the fatal accidents,
fatalities increased by 1.9%, | vehicle fatalities in the United : Q
fatalities | , e though, b hicle accidents, onl

injuries increased by es, but | States, during 1958. creel in [ thu besa se vo Noted foe oni oaeaeR eae
accidents increased by only. 1.6%. | rural areas and the police records ieitents than of divers

| ummaries showed only 21 per cent of the drivers in fatal
| goatieats aatiee speed laws, compared with rural summaries ipa showed
per cent. However, since accident summaries are based par! reports
stlaeivers, wlialoteni ellayal lw: sysed sya reteatapesesea eoafeth conditions:

| differences in“urban and rural per cents must be interpreted with caution.

‘Counc indicated tae seed was he main

out ae more fatal | fact majo the
ir ral areas | deat ths.

les but] This co

r high speed] ties reported i

JES, year which

Historical record of speed violations

the fact ‘ten reported in fatal accidents,
factor ea pede sli ently through the years, The
trends in “exceeding stated limit” and “exceeding safe speed” un-
doubtedly are-due to the increasing amount of sp et . fe and to changes in
laws that have established specific limits in more

% of Drivers in Fatal Accidents
Violating Speed Laws

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