Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-06 | Page 13 | Utah Wins National 1943 Grand Prize for Traffic Safety

Utah Wins National 1943 Grand Prize for Traffic Safety CHICAGO April 6 UP The UP The National Safety council Thursday named the state of ot Utah and the city of ot Aberdeen S. S D. D as grand prIze winners In the councils council's 1943 traffic safety contest Aberdeen with a population of was cited for far its record of L C. five years without a traffic fatal fatal- ity It also was adjudged the leading leading leading lead lead- ing city in the population population papu- papu lation group Utah with a a. record of having reduced traffic deaths from in 1942 1912 to in 1943 led all of ot the states in addition to winning the western division prize 11 The contest was based upon anything that had to do with traffic traffic engineering engineering enforcement education programs ms number of accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac and fatalities reported Rulon Bennion executive director Utah Safety council Mr Bennion Bennion- said the rating was astounding Complimenting motorists Chief of ot Police Reed E. E Vetted and Sergeant F. F C. C Sanford head of the police department traffic di division division division di- di vision said Utah was the only state in the Union to report an increase In automobiles last year The record is all the more remarkable remarkable remarkable re re- re- re because thousands of ot new drivers moved into the state In 1913 1943 Utah placed second in the western western west west- em ern region for its traffic record in 19 1943 13