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Show DEATH ROAD: Safety Report Compared with 1946, death is taking tak-ing a back seat on the nation's highways high-ways this year, the semi-annual report re-port of the National Safety council has shown. For the first six months of 1947 the cross-country death toll stood at 14,480. That figure is 9 per cent below the 15.890 fatalities recorded for the same period last year. At the same time, travel was 11 per cent heavier this year. According to the safety council's report, 2,490 lives were lost during June, which represents a 5 per cent increase over the June, 1946, record. rec-ord. In view of the increased traffic, however, it was a marked improvement. improve-ment. Even the larger cities in the nation na-tion were decreasing their traffic fatalities. New York whittled its deaths by 15 per cent and Los Angeles An-geles by 16 per cent. Jacksonville, Fla., was tops on the record book with a 69 per cent decrease from 1946. Indication was that cities were becoming more traffic conscious. |