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Show TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ANALYZED IN ! UTAH DURING 1945 i Of the 4,071 collisions between ! motor vehicles that occurred in Utah during 1945, 51 percent occurred oc-curred at roadway intersections, resulting in eleven fatal injuries. The other 1,996 were collision? between motor vehicles at non-intersections, non-intersections, resultng in 22 fatal injuries, 12 of which were head-on head-on collisions, 4 were sideswipe collisions, 4 rear-end collisions, and two collisions between improperly im-properly parked cars. The high percentage of collisions colli-sions 'by two motor vehicles at intersections in-tersections would indicate the need for more rigid control at such places. It was interesting to note that in 86 percent of all accidents and 64 percent of the fatal accidents, there was clear indication of driver driv-er volation of existing regulations. Of the 174 persons killed by traffic accidents on the highways of Utah in 1945, 58 were pedestrians. pedestri-ans. Eighty-two percent of the accidents where pedestrians were fatally injured, analysis indicates pedestrian violation of traffic regulations which would indicate the need for more rigid control of pedestrian traffic. There was an increase of 44 percent in fatal injuries over 1944 with but an increase of 17 percent in motor vehicle mileage traveled. , Of the 9,826 motor vehicles involved in-volved in accidents during 1945, 7,796 were passenger cars; 1,445 were trucks, taxicabs or buses; the other 585 were motorcycles or other forms of motor-driven vehicles. vehi-cles. ' Of the 9,826 motor vehicles involved in-volved in accidents there were but 375 in which defective equipment vias involved. Of the 9,479 drivers involved in automobile accidents, 5,899 or 62 percent of the drivers involved had from 5 to 11 years experience as drivers of automobiles. Of the 9,479 drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents, 7,357 or 76 percent of the drivers resided within 25 miles of where the accident acci-dent occurred. 529 or 5.5 percent of them were out-of-state drivers. The balance were residents of the state. |