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Show Better Lighting Cuts Accident Toll By E. E. FREE, Ph. D. these same hours in summer, although ' the volume of traffic is less in winter j ' than in summer. Using known figures I for the average number of accidents and for the money value to the family j and community of the average person : killed, it is possible to estimate that for each million dollaTs spent in better bet-ter street lighting at least ten million ' dollars' worth of citizens would be ! saved. ! How American cities can earn dividends divi-dends of at least 1000 per cent on an average annual investment of 9 cents per citizen spent in better street lighting, light-ing, is indicated by statistics of fatal street accidents assembled and announced an-nounced by the Travelers' Insurance company of Hartford, Conn. Out of 227 American cities compared in 1931 and 1932, 22 increased their budget for street lighting by an average of 9 cents per inhabitant. In these cities there was a decrease of 25 per cent 1 in the number of fatal street accidenCs happening between 5 and 8 p. m. in j winter, which is the time when good I street lighting is most necessary to ; lessen accidents. Twenly other cities I in the list were impelled by economy drives to reduce their expenditures for street lighting by'an average of 19 cents per inhabitant. In these cities fatal street accidents between the hours mentioned increased 7 per cent. The relation between light and acci-I acci-I dents also is proved by the fact that fatal street accidents between 5 and 8 p. m. in winter are more than 90 per cent more numerous than between |