Washington County News | 1927-10-20 | Page 3 | Increasing Number of Automobiles in Japan

Increasing Number of Automobiles in Japan With the increasing number of automobiles auto-mobiles In Japan, It is almost as unsafe un-safe to cross a street in Tokyo or any other large city as it is in New York. Half of the automobiles In Tokyo either killed or Injured some one dur-lng dur-lng the past year, according to police statistics. There are approximately 13.000 motor cars in the Japanese capital. During 1926 there were 6.36S automobile automo-bile accidents reported in which some one was killed or Injured. There were 1G.2S2 traffic accidents In which 234 persons lost their lives "id 9.871 were hurt. Of the total lumber of accidents, bicycles were responsible re-sponsible for 5,752, tram cars for 1.-445 1.-445 and the innocent looking rickshaw for 105.