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Show defective vehicle was Involved 17 per cent of the fatal accidvJ" with defective brakes, light, and poor tires (XMiX nearly half of the defects. ? Shorter Days, Haste, Cause More Accidents The Fall season may bring with it 12,000 deaths on our streets and highways, warn safety specialists of the National Conservation Bureau, Bur-eau, accident prevention division of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives. The months of September, October Octo-ber and November collectively netted 11,558 deaths due to motor vehicle accidents in 1941, they say, and this year's accident rate appears ap-pears likely to surpass the '41 mark. Last year only 9,300 deaths were reported for the Fall months, but the specialists point out that now there are many more automobiles auto-mobiles on the roads and a good proportion of them are in poor operating condition. Accident statistics show that a |
