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Persons Killed
Type of Road User
Cause of Accident
Age
Sex
Pedal cyclist
Cyclist travelling west knocked down and run over by
trolley bus also travelling west ...
25
M
Pedestrian
Private motor car knocked down two pedestrians crossing
the road ... ...
21
M
Motor cyclist
Motor cycle and light goods vehicle collided head-on
18
M
Pedal cyclist
Cyclist going west collided with private motor car going
south towards Norwood Road ...
73
M
Private motor car driver
Private motor car collided with rear of trolley bus ...
45
M
Pedal cyclist
Cyclist collided with private motor car going in same
direction
65
M
Motor scooter rider
Motor scooter and sidecar going south collided with
lorry going north
47
M
Persons Injured
Adult
School Age
Under 5
Serious
Slight
Serious
Slight
Serious
Slight
Pedestrians
15
Total 52
37
6
Total 23
17
2
Total 8
6
Pedal cyclists
9
Total 89
go
4
Total 18
14
- Total 1
1
Private motor car passengers
3
Total 24
21
Total 3
3
Total -
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Passengers in other vehicles
4
Total 27
23
Total 1
1
1
Total 1
-
Motor cyclists
14
Total 63
49
Private motor car drivers
2
Total 21
19
Drivers of other vehicles
5
Total 25
20
Adult Total
301
-
Children Total
55
The majority of these accidents were on the two main roads through Southall which
carry a very heavy traffic. The Road Safety Committee of the Borough Council maintains
a full programme of education in road safety in which the Metropolitan Police take an
active part. The Southall school children receive constant training and exhortation on
the use of the roads and the fact that no child was killed on the Southall roads may perhaps
be considered a successful result of the work done, but 55 injured children is serious enough
to emphasize the need for constant care on the roads by all road users.
HOME ACCIDENTS
The results of home accidents as of road accidents constitute a very high proportion
of the mortality and morbidity of the population throughout the country and, as every
home accident is preventable, the failure to prevent them is a constant reproach to all
concerned with the health of the people. Education and example are the only weapons
in the warfare against carelessness in the home, and so from time to time poster and leaflet
campaigns are carried out on particular topics of home safety, such as the prevention of
fire burns by the use of suitable guards, and the need for satisfactory and safe electrical
and gas appliances and fittings, the keeping of dangerous drugs and poisons out of the
reach of children, the care of polished floors which can endanger the elderly, etc. It is a
fact that the very young and the very old are the greatest sufferers from home accidents
and it is encumbant on those who care for them to keep them away from danger. Details
were received concerning a few of the home accidents within the Borough, and they are as
follows:—
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