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Lambeth 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
My thanks are due to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the following
information regarding road traffic accidents occurring in the Borough of Lambeth
during the year 1967.
The figures shown refer not only to Lambeth residents but also to persons
living in other areas who were involved in accidents in the Borough.
The number of fatalities shown may not agree, therefore, with those'in the
list of causes of death supplied by the Registrar-General. The Registrar-General's
figures refer to Lambeth residents only, and the death may have occurred within
the Borough of Lambeth or outside the district.
No. of Seriously Slightly
accidents Killed injured injured
Adults 1,931 (2,186) 19 (42) 353 (393) 2,040 (2,394)
Children 574 (562) 3 (3) 102(100) 558 (508)
2,505 (2,748) 22 (45) 455 (493) 2,598 (2,902)
The figures in brackets are those for the year 1966.