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DEATHS FROM MOTOR TRAFFIC.
In previous years I have drawn attention to the
increasing mortality from motor traffic accidents in the
streets. It will be seen from the following list of cases
in 1932 that there is a reduction in the deaths from this
cause :
Pedestrians (9)
M 4 Run over by taxicab.
M 5 Run over by motor lorry.
M 5 Knocked down by motor lorry.
M 6 Knocked down by motor car.
M 7 Knocked down and run over
by motor lorry.
M 7 Knocked down by motor van.
M 46 Knocked down by motor bus
M 56 Knocked down by motor coach.
M 61 Run over by motor car.
Others (6).
M 23 (motor cyclist). Collision between
motor cycle and motor bus
M 25 (cyclist). Knocked down
by motor car.
M 25 Motor cycle, collision
with motor bus.
M 26 Ditto.
M 34 (cyclist). Rode his cycle
into motor car.
F 52 (passenger). Collision of
two motor cars.
Some improvement has no doubt resulted from the
new transport regulations, but the rapid rate at which
large and heavy motor vehicles rush through the roads
in the Borough still exacts a toll among the children.
Only 1 death was recorded as resulting from railway
transport, a man of 49 who fell from a train.