Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-01-29 | Page 7 | 1936 Accident Toll Hits 111,000; Total Cost Set at $3,750,000 |

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Date	1937-01-29
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	1936 Accident Toll Hits 111,000; Total Cost Set at $3,750,000
Type	article
Date	1937-01-29
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	7
OCR Text	Show 1936 Accident Toll Hits 111,000; Total Cost Set at $3,750,000,000 CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (UP) Floods, drouth, tornadoes. Increased In-creased employment and highway traffic combined to send the 193a accident toll to an all time high, the National Safety council an-nounced an-nounced today. A total of 111,000 persons died violently as a result of accidents, according to the council's annual summary. The previous record was 101,139. in 191. The council estimated that carelessness care-lessness and recklessness cost the nation $2,030,000,000 in wags loss and medical expense, 830,000,000 for property damage in motor vehicle accidents and $390,000,000 for fire loss a grand total at-$3,750,000,000, at-$3,750,000,000, compared with $3,-450.000.000 $3,-450.000.000 tor 1935. The death rate per 100,000 population popu-lation was M.4. highest sines 1817. The council said that about 400,000 persons were permanently disabled by accidents and 10,300,-000 10,300,-000 others temporahily disabled.
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