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Show h 1 One Death Per 1CS0 Autos Li a Yecvv Is Record cf U. S. li - Ji it'm rs I ' I ru?od nnizzily tor ovary Aitfo- r rr?sbibs m this Cour&ry . a " sZi - i-rm -n. S j E ARi WAJ1KEH AUTOMOBILE SAl:rY COL N:L C".K out of a thousand is the relationship between the annual iuinunolnie ' fatalities and the number of rnohu- vehicles in Ibis connli-y. ac-onbii :- lo the Slevai-t-'anier Safety Council for the prevention of aul nnirl.i '(-aiciilonls, '(-aiciilonls, wbirh lias undertaken a strenuous campaign of aut oaiohile sal'riv and accident prevention. And fur every farality there ne at least 23 areidents f-rrious eiiru'h lr pet on record. This does not lake into consideration minor sprain and !irn i -;: --or --or people suffering from nervous shod; as the result of beiny in an aulomobiir -ncrident. . T. To appreciate what n vast anny of killed and injured is nnnnally ron scripted by the reckless motorist and careless pedestrian, a comparison may lie made with American casualties in the creat war. Over a third as nmn. I people are killed annually by lire automobile as there were American sob I killed on ihe field of battle durin;: the entire war, while the number . l.ju, d each year is nearly throe times as rtat as the number of uur boys who writ I wvunded throughout the war. |