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Show T Youths on Hikes Blamed for Crashes J a CITY'S BICYCLE MISHAPS GROW Mors persons ar getting hurt en bicycles this year than last in Salt Lake City. The rate of reportable bicycle accidents Is going down slightly, but the Incidence of injuries has gone upward. This was revealed Tuesday In a check of police reports on traffic accidents Involving bicycles. Actually, the number of bicycle accidents probably Is considerably larger than the report Indicate since, under the law, a traffic accident ac-cident need not b reported unless It Involves personal injury or property prop-erty damage of 650 or more. In 1938, there wer 79 bleycl accident reported to police. Involving In-volving 56 Injuries and one death. Up to September 1, 1939, there wer 47 accidents involving 42 Injuries. In-juries. There have been ho bicycle bi-cycle fatalities this year In the elty. The average number of persons Injured In bicycieaccidents lat year was four a month. This has risen to five la 1939. The rat of reported accidents dropped from six per month last year to five so fsr In 1939. TnrTigurei hear BUI InaTTTH worst time for bicyclists Is during summer vacation from school. Accidents Ac-cidents and Injuria In cycling accidents ac-cidents this year wer highest In June, July and August Ths experience this year to date: Accidents. Injuries. January 2 1 February 9 2 March 6 7 April 5 3 May 3 2 June t I Jaly 16 II Aurut i t ToUls 47 42 Vacation naturally brings greatest great-est peril to cycling youth, when there are no school hours to restrict re-strict day-long us of the two-wheelers. two-wheelers. ' But cycling hasards exist nearly all the time, even during school months when students rid to and from school. I HERE IS PERIL FOR BOTH MOTORISTS AND CYCLISTS CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS I Situations like this are Inexcusable and are reasons far bicycle accident Injuries |