| Show peat death record of motor cars grows unprecedented 6 increase in fatalities reported by safety council chicago chicagoan an unprecedented ans increase in motor vehicle fatalities overbalanced over balanced decreases in id nil all ot other herr walks of life last year and americas accidental death tall ro rose sq to a new high total of the private automobile to driver Is responsible tor for most of this increase and he must he be curbed before deli definite nite reduction can be realized lp in the national accident picture the 1029 total borall for all accidents has ha just beep been made public by the te national safety co council nali on completion 0 of f UP accident ofin analysts lysis for the dixs year the accident fatalities tor for 1028 1928 word were while total fatalities were increasing slightly less than 2000 automobile casualties alone reached on an increase of 8 over the previous year these tead that hut motor vehicle fatalities alone arp are ap pp the abe and that other types of aa accidental d deaths tire are on the gradual decline children suffer most accidents to children are increasing far less lesa rapidly ahrin to older persons in the a seven even year period from faoro to 1028 fatalities to persons of all ages increaser increased almost 21 25 per cent in the same period accidental deaths of children under JA 1 increased less than one tenth of 1 one ane per cent if accident prevention work among adults had bad been as successful as among children 20 ow 1 lives would have been saved during the past year benr there was very little change in the fata ildea during 1920 29 and there was an improvement in tile the accident situation among commercial mercial lal vehicle drivers A large lanie part of the increase therefore can be charged directly to careless owners of private automobiles the death toll for 1029 included in or about american homes fatal accidents lq industry and still another persons who lost their lives in public accidents not involving the motor vehicle the principal cause of home accidents was falls persons losing their lives tri in this manner burns scalds and explosions amounted for the next largest number of home fatalities alph itlen tion were the third most important causes carbon monoxide poisoning in closed garages was an important contributing factor about nonfatal accidents occurred in american homes for every fatal accident it Is estimated where blame lles lies in addition to the annual study of accident cel defit statistics of the united states states for the past year tile the notional national safety council conducted an interesting survey during recent weeks inquiries were sent to all governors the mayor of every large karge city anti ami numerous other officials unc and elvic civic leaders asking their opinion sas to tile the eppson for increases or decreases in last years experience and pei personal studies were made in twelve leading cities attila survey brings out some interesting facts I 1 the states which have strong drivers licenses continue to make better records in rel relation atlon to their own past experience than the non licensed states speed Is a major consideration in the opinion of quite a number of the state and city officials find and other experts intoxication la Is partly responsible for the obsession to speed according to the reports inadequate enforcement Is blamed by many authorities ties there Is one hopeful sign brought out in the analysis of the lie accident experience for 1120 it if we could lepre the annual toll from motor vehicle vehicle accidents our notional national experience would show that the national death rate from all other accia accidents enta has been reduced more than 30 per cent since 1018 1913 |
