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Show C Safety Talks Rural Traffic Accidents Inctc j Traffic accidents in the :. districts are mounting by '.( 1 and bounds. Since 1924, the J tional Safety council says, r - J vehicle fatalities have inert 172 per cent. In cities over! ' ,j population they went up b. per cent. I'' Of course, the council point: l a large part of this increase: jjj be the result of much-incn; ti rural travel. But most traff. '( thorilies believe, however, -the more favorable city r can be traced to the mured tive traffic control meastw municipalities. In 1937, the loss of life to;.', accidents in rural districts; cities under 10,000 populate 27,400.' In cities over 10,000,: 's were 12,100 killed. While collisions with pedest: ml constituted the major fatal ; j:'' dent problem in cities, rural ! tricts had their greatest did: with collisions between h: "J0( more motor vehicles. tin i ji |