Show Accident Prevention in Utah Rates Second Best in West Utah's across the board accident accident acci acci- dent prevention activities in 1956 rated second best among the ten western states group but in some specific areas of activity showed glaring deficiencies according to toa toa toa a report submitted this week by Mr A. A P. P Bunderson District Director Director Director Dir Dir- ector National Safety Council at a meeting of state officials and representatives of ot the Utah Safety Safety Safety Safe Safe- ty Council at the State Capitol Public safety education activIties activities ties were outstanding as well wen as basic legislation safety organization tion Lion and police traffic sion setting Off this however the accident records and school traffic safety education programs left eft room for tor much improvement according to the 1956 Analysis report for Utah's Annual Inventory Inventory Inventory tory of Traffic Safety Activities prepared by the National Safety Council Mr Bunderson pointed out Gut that Utah's greatest need In the field of traffic safety promotion in the period immediately ahead Is to establish a priority schedule of action on the major needs requiring requiring ing ng major attention First among these hese he emphasized was to bolster the accident records section section sec- sec tion Ion so as to make available the basic information necessary for programming the various programs pro pro- grams of the state departments which have the legal and official responsibilities for their reS respective ec- ec ive tive accident prevention ties ies The National Safety Council also emphasized that while Utah's traffic deaths in 1956 and the resultant 23 million economic loss was an in intolerable intolerable intolerable in- in tolerable burden the threat of even worse things to come Inthe Inthe in inthe the years immediately ahead urgent urgently ur ur- urgently gently gent demanded that current sf- sf f forts torts on all aU fronts be doubled Is a must He Illustrated this thisby thisby thisby by saying that if current accident rates continue that by 1966 54 54 will be killed almost will be injured and an economic loss of 63 billion will result from traffic accidents in the United United United Unit Unit- ed States and that Utah will nee neck necessarily have to absorb its pro pro- share of ot this We know that the nations nation's interstate high high- way pro program ram will wIn Je be doubled but this Is only one aspect of the over over all all accident prevention pro prod program program gram what are we going to todo todo todo do about the other even more important aspects of or the balanced balanc balanc- ed comprehensive program he said The report showed that Utah's total activity measured up to 80 per cent of the recommended minimum standards |