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Show Battlefields Take Fewer Than Highway Accidents More Americans died on the highway in 1955 alone than on the battlefield during the entire Korean Kor-ean War! The National Safety Council's statistical yearbook , "Accident Facts," just off the press, shows there were 38,300 traffic deaths in the United States in 1955. Official Defense Department records list the battle deaths in the Korean War at 33,629. "We don't for a moment want to imply that the highway is as hazardous as the battlefield," said Ned H. Dearborn, president of the council. "But the fact is that the loss to the nation from the 1955 traffic toll is greater in terms of human life than the loss sustained in the Korean War. Therefore, it is certainly worth getting excited about." Approximately 1,350,000 Americans Amer-icans were injured in motor vehicle ve-hicle accidents during the year, the council said. |