| Show Utah Safety Coun Council il Reports Improvement In n Accident Rate I Fatal accidents of a non traffic non traffic nature have apparently experienced experienced exper a sharp h rp drop this year on the basis of a summary Just released released re reo leased by the Utah Safety Coun Count oil cil Deaths resulting from accidents accidents acci dents in n the home on the farm i In li public places and occupational occupation occupation- al surroundings for the first six months of 1953 totaled 95 compared com compared with for forthe the pared same per rod lod last year However because be cause of delays in reporting the half year total for 1953 will undoubtedly be somewhat higher higher- than the present figure Nevertheless the Utah Safety Council views the present record record re reo cord as a decided improvement I the reduction in traffic accidents during this this same period and an indication that mat the public is becoming ore ore conscious of safety gener gene ally atty ly The rhe 95 non traffic non traffic accidental deaths are distributed as follows fol lows In the home 42 42 public places 23 while working 18 on the farm farmS farm'S not cl classified 7 over 60 60 were were the most frequent victims victims Sl 31 deaths the next highest category category- begins begins be be- gins in the 2645 45 age group with 20 fatalities fatalities- I Characteristically the most Frequent cause ot of accidents In Inthe Inthe the home was falls These falls falls' occurred mostly among the oldest old est eat age group with 12 victims were the second highest 7 of them being be be- ing in public places while 2 2 each were recorded in the home and on the farm farm- The safety council councH concluded ed d that if the present 1953 trend continues a rt significant reduction reduction reduce tion In the final years year's ears ear's total of traffic non deaths deaths will be realized this year Last year persons died from such caus causes es Cs in n addition to the 2 16 fie fic deaths death 1 I Mr and Mrs Roy noy Jor Jones e and family have moved down from Itom Salt Lake for the winter r while thet Mr Mt Jones Is emp employed oyed here a as asan asan an engineer for the State tate Road C Commission Mrs Irs Rosalie Robertson and her daughter Juanita returned Tue Tues Tue-s Tuesday s day from a weeks week's vacation trip In New Mexico where they vis via visited relatives and friends They were accompanied by Mrs Rob Rob- Mrs Ella Garcia and her brother Ben arid and her grandson Ross Montanye II i 1 Mrs Mary Pogue who Is a clerk at Burcks Burck's Grocery Gro Gm cery Is enjoying a weeks week's vacation vaca flop tion from her store duties Mrs bits Clint Sly has been substituting g for Mrs Po Pogue t Mrs Belle Delle returned recently from Norwood where she has been visiting relatives for three weeks |
