Davis County Clipper | 1939-03-10 | Page 7 | Safety Talks

C SAFETY S TALKS What Arc Are You Going to Do rr lr TT DEPENDS DJ PENnS on whether youre you're 1 going oin to kill someone or just injure him If It the automobile accident you may muy travo next week Is going to todo todo do a 11 lethal job the chances arc ore your cur car will wll strike a n pedestrian Irian Iriana On a the time other hand hond if It only non non- nonfatal nonfatal fatal Injuries arc are inflicted its it's an on odds that you'll bump burn i whack smack into another motor vehicle National Safety Council statis tics for 1017 show that when a traffic raffle accident produces n a fatal fatally fly Ity ly the collision is between a car carand carand carand and a n pedestrian in 39 per cent of the cases Collisions between two wo motor vehicles produce 20 per cent of the fatalities with other types of collisions In ing ng smaller numbers to the total However the Council says it is collisions between two or more motor notor vehicles that produce the bulk of 01 nonfatal non injuries Injuries 53 53 per percent percent percent cent or cases in 1937 Col Cot between a 11 motor vehicle and md a pedestrian produce the next largest number of non-fatal non injury cases cases 25 25 per cent or cases In 1937 traffic accidents killed pedestrians and deaths occurred as the result of at collisions between two or more motor vehicles