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MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES
Twenty-seven people died on the roads of this Borough in
1963, four more than in the previous year. Eleven of these were
over 60 years of age.
Thirteen of the accidents involved pedestrians and included
three boys and ten old people.
Collisions between vehicles accounted for a further five
deaths, the victims being one elderly man and four young men
between the ages of 15 and 24. The vehicles involved were cars,
a 'bus, a coach, a lorry, and a motor cycle.
Collisions with stationary objects resulted in five fatal
accidents. On two occasions the vehicles involved were cars and
the remainder motor oycles. Objects collided with included
stationary vehicles, a tree, lamp-posts, and a bus stop standard.
The ages of the victims ranged from 17-45 years.
The remaining four deaths were caused by two youths being
thrown off a motorcycle, a young lorry driver whose lorry ran
off the road, and a middle-aged man who fell from his motor cycle
under a heavy goods vehicle.
OTHER ACCIDENTS
Accidents other than road accidents accounted for 23 deaths,
11 less than in 1962.
Seventeen of these accidents occurred in the home, and in
11 cases persons over 60 were the victims. Five elderly ladies
died from falls at home, while one other and two elderly men died
from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Two elderly women
died from burns, and one elderly man from drowning when he collapsed
in his bath.
A young man was accidentally poisoned in his home, and a
young mother and her four children died in a fire at their home.
There was one case of drowning, and two cases involving a
train. Five others met their deaths from miscellaneous causes.
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