Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-01 | Page 8 | Rural Motor Deaths Grow

RURAL MOTOR DEATHS GROW Fatalities Increase 23 Per PerCent PerCent Cent During Last Year Rural Rura motor facilities Increased U 23 per cent ent In ID 5 according to a survey suney Just completed by the Na- Na lIonal Automobile chamber of com com- commerce mel merce e Thi ais ls the tho th national which has been made mad seg- seg segregating S R the th country districts from the urban sections an nnA In the opinIon opinion opinion ion of ot the automobile chamber It brings to light tho necessity for tor on on focusing attention on betterment of traffic In the th country districts This rise In motor fatalities In rural sections Is much higher than the tho general average for tor the coun coun- try tr country as a a whole which has haa ha been beeh ca es- es at at 10 per cent RECORDS INCO INCOMPLETE While the th statistics tor for the cities for tor the th first five months ot of 1926 show a very slight ll ht decrease from last year yeal there ther are ar no records record to show tural r not the th a tUral sections Motions have hav enjoyed a simi similar tar lar degree des re of progress The Th cau- cau cau lion cautions caulion of ot the tho th 1926 19 26 record are ar AC- AC so e cordinglY applicable In th the Opinion of motor authorities Complete records fo for tor 19 were ere received from 1434 counties which Is 43 per cent of the total These Thes recorded record d esis fatal tatal motor accidents In 1926 1826 l 2 as compared with In 1924 In only six states state was as as there an Improvement over tho the year ear 1924 l H-l Arkansas California Colorado Minnesota New and Pennsylvania nOI nopE noiR E ron FOR SE J There Is a a possibility th that t 1928 1926 will mark the Iho th turning of 01 the th tide In motor accidents The Th records I for Cor the larger cities tor for the th first five months indicate a 0 decrease ase from last year Stay May 1928 1926 how how- however however ever was hither higher than Stay May 1925 Cleveland St Louis Boston Sah Francisco Washington D C Knit Kan Kansas pas sas City CUy Mo and Seattle WI are among amonI the th cities which have hav male made conspicuous con progress s In the reduction llon of accidents accident