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Chelsea 1962
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1962
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ROAD ACCIDENTS
During 1962, 452 road traffic accidents occurred within the
Borough, causing 542 casualties, 5 of which proved fatal. These
figures are slightly lower than for the previous year when 459 accidents
caused 549 casualties resulting in 8 deaths. It is again pleasing to
record that there were no fatal accidents involving children on the roads
in Chelsea during the year under review. 5 children were, however,
seriously injured, and 38 sustained slight injuries.
I am indebted to the Town Clerk for making this statistical information available to me for inclusion in my Report.
| Month | No. of Accidents | Adult | Children | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Seriously Injured | Slightly Injured | Killed | Seriously Injured | Slightly Injured | Killed | Injured | ||||
| January | 40 | - | 4 | 35 | - | - | 5 | - | 44 | ||
| February | 32 | - | 5 | 40 | - | - | 3 | - | 48 | ||
| March | 34 | - | 5 | 31 | - | - | 2 | - | 38 | ||
| April | 28 | - | 2 | 26 | - | - | 3 | - | 31 | ||
| May | 49 | - | 3 | 54 | - | - | 7 | - | 64 | ||
| June | 41 | 2 | 8 | 36 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 46 | ||
| July | 39 | - | 5 | 40 | - | - | 4 | - | 49 | ||
| August | 35 | 1 | 1 | 42 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 48 | ||
| September | 39 | - | 7 | 28 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 42 | ||
| October | 35 | 2 | 6 | 29 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 36 | ||
| November | 45 | - | 4 | 44 | - | - | 3 | - | 51 | ||
| December | 35 | - | 4 | 35 | - | - | 1 | - | 40 | ||
| TOTALS | 452 | 5 | 54 | 440 | - | 5 | 38 | 5 | 537 | ||
| Accidents per mile of road 13.7. | |||||||||||