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Hendon 1963
[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 1963 and the comparative figures for the years 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962.
It should be noted that the figures shown refer not only to Hendon residents but also to person
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 IV
| MONTH | No of Accidents | ADULTS | CHILDREN | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Seriously injured | Slightly injured | Killed | Seriously injured | Slightly injured | |||
| January | 51 | - | 11 | 61 | - | 2 | 3 | 77 |
| February | 64 | 2 | 14 | 65 | — | 1 | 4 | 86 |
| March | 63 | 2 | 17 | 59 | — | 1 | 4 | 83 |
| April | 111 | 2 | 23 | 102 | — | 4 | 16 | 147 |
| May | 86 | — | 14 | 96 | — | 3 | 16 | 129 |
| June | 105 | — | 18 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 148 |
| July | 103 | 1 | 14 | 99 | — | 5 | 15 | 134 |
| August | 100 | 2 | 20 | 111 | — | 6 | 15 | 154 |
| September | 88 | 2 | 20 | 90 | — | 1 | 13 | 126 |
| October | 115 | 4 | 26 | 99 | — | 1 | 12 | 142 |
| November | 98 | 2 | 23 | 101 | — | 2 | 11 | 139 |
| December | 100 | 2 | 16 | 103 | — | 3 | 13 | 137 |
| 1,084 | 19 | 216 | 1,099 | 1 | 31 | 136 | 1,502 | |
| MONTH | Pedestrians | Motor Drivers | Motor Cyclists | Pillion Passengers | Pedal Cyclists | Other Road Users | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | |
| January | - | 6 | 6 | - | 3 | 28 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 26 |
| February | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | _ | 2 | 4 | _ | . | _ | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 25 |
| March | - | 5 | 8 | - | 6 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | _ | 3 | 25 |
| April | 1 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 37 | - | 3 | 16 | - | . | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | 7 | 33 |
| May | - | 6 | 13 | - | 4 | 26 | - | 1 | 20 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 10 | - | 4 | 40 |
| June | - | 6 | 13 | - | 2 | 32 | - | 4 | 27 | _ | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | 5 | 32 |
| July | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | 2 | 34 | - | 1 | 18 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 11 | - | 1 | 39 |
| August | - | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 46 | - | 8 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | 6 | 39 |
| September | 1 | 4 | 10 | - | 4 | 24 | - | 8 | 16 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 11 | 1 | 4 | 38 |
| October | 2 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 36 | - | 6 | 22 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 29 |
| November | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 27 | - | 4 | 20 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 41 |
| December | 1 | 5 | 18 | - | 3 | 42 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | 7 | 37 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 76 | 161 | 5 | 49 | 379 | 1 | 42 | 181 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 75 | 2 | 55 | 404 |