Show Fine Fin 1943 Record for S S. S L L. L Safety FIGURES REon on traffic fatalities and accidents in hi Salt Lake City during 1943 have just been released by bythe the police olice traffic de de- nt They show how really excellent progress toward traffic liaf safety ty last Jut yea year Our fatality record was especially good We had for the 4 ye year 17 11 deaths That is the lowest number of fatalities we have i had i in the city ity in 18 years and in view of the very considerable increase in in our population over ove that period is doubly commendable commend- commend able I It compares for instance n tance with 43 deaths in 1938 when I we had per perhaps ps fewer people in the city v The proof of our excellent record on fatalities last Jast year is the National Safety councils council's report indicating that Salt Lake ranked as the second safest city in the nation in its population bracket We had a good 1943 record on number of accidents and on personal injuries also During the year there were 1436 accidents accidents acci- acci dents compared to 1945 the year before There were perl per per- l injuries S compared to in 1942 It is is true that this fine safety record was to some extent a due to wartime restrictions on driving and speed The average average average aver- aver age motorist is not driving as much as he used to and he is driving driving driving ing more carefully That has helped to reduce accidents an and to toT T lessen the severity of those accidents which still do oc occur occur ur However However How How- ever as Chief of Police pointed out in releasing the 1 report Utah is the only state tate in the nation to show an increase in motor vehicles registered registered and and much of that increase is in Salt Lake City On the whole we can take a good deal of pride in our 1943 traffic safety record AU Allowing Wi 8 for r our out population tion increase and nd even considering wartime restrictions ti I B on speed and driving we might easily h have ve had 0 f fa fatalities f 1 t S last ye year r instead of 17 and a thousand personal P injuries es i instead fe d of It is isa a good re record ord r and we comme commend d police and safety i a authorities for especially it it esp it-esp c ally former ormer Mayor Ab Jenk Jenkins Jf who the thereby eby wound up his safety efforts during his term of office in a bla blaze blare e of glory |