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Hendon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
The following tables show the road traffic accidents and casualties occurring
within the Borough of Hendon during the year 1959 and the comparative figures for
the years 1956, 19 57, and 1958.
It should be noted that the figures shown refer not only to Hendon residents
but also to persons living in other areas who were involved in accidents within the
Borough.
The figures for fatalities shown in these tables may not agree, therefore with
those shown in the list of causes of death supplied by the Registrar General, The
Registrar General's figures refer to Hendon residents only and the death may have
occurred within the Borough of Hendon or outside the district.
TABLE V.
| MONTH | No. of Accidents | ADULTS | CHILDREN | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Seriously Injured | Slightly Injured | Killed | Seriously Injured | Slightly Injured | |||
| January | 83 | 1 | 18 | 78 | - | - | 5 | 102 |
| February | 60 | 1 | 13 | 69 | - | 1 | 6 | 90 |
| March | 80 | 1 | 16 | 71 | - | 1 | 11 | 100 |
| April | 83 | - | 14 | 73 | - | 4 | 13 | 104 |
| May | 101 | - | 15 | 96 | - | 2 | 16 | 129 |
| June | 99 | - | 20 | 86 | - | 2 | 19 | 127 |
| July | 105 | 2 | 35 | 96 | - | 3 | 16 | 152 |
| August | 78 | 2 | 14 | 73 | - | 3 | 13 | 105 |
| September | 78 | 2 | 7 | 82 | - | 2 | 13 | 106 |
| October | 107 | 4 | 28 | 111 | - | 4 | 12 | 159 |
| November | 116 | 1 | 14 | 119 | - | - | 13 | 147 |
| December | 113 | 2 | 25 | 103 | - | 5 | 11 | 146 |
| TOTAL S | 1,103 | 16 | 2 19 | 1,057 | - | 27 | 148 | 1,467 |
TABLE VI
CLASSES OF ROAD USER KILLED OR INJURED DURING 1959.
| MONTH | pedestrians | Motor Drivers | Motor Cyclists | Pillion Passengers | Pedal Cyclists | 0ther Road Users | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Siight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | |
| January | - | 4 | 12 | - | 4 | 28 | - | 4 | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | - | 4 | 19 |
| February | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | 2 | 22 | - | 1 | 14 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | 23 | |
| March | 1 | 6 | 13 | - | 5 | 20 | - | 3 | 19 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 7 | - | 3 | 20 |
| April | - | 9 | 17 | - | 3 | 16 | - | 3 | 13 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | - | 1 | 24 |
| May | - | 3 | 23 | - | 4 | 24 | - | 4 | 29 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 14 | - | 3 | 20 |
| June | - | 4 | 22 | - | 3 | 14 | - | 7 | 31 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 12 | - | 4 | 23 |
| July | 1 | 5 | 16 | - | 5 | 20 | - | 14 | 25 | - | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | - | 3 | 27 |
| August | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | - | 6 | 20 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 13 | - | - | 18 |
| September | 2 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 25 | - | 4 | 18 | — | 1 | 6 | - | 3 | 19 | - | - | 16 |
| October | 1 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 27 | - | 9 | 31 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 40 |
| November | 1 | 5 | 26 | - | 2 | 35 | - | 4 | 15 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 17 | - | 1 | 36 |
| December | 1 | 11 | 14 | - | 6 | 31 | - | 4 | 23 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 36 |
| TOTALS | 9 | 63 | 182 | 3 | 41 | 285 | - | 63 | 251 | - | 15 | 43 | 2 | 28 | 142 | 2 | 36 | 302 |