Show 60 of J Hway Accidents Are Caused by Alcohol l Traffic officers sa say that 60 percent of highway accidents are arc caused by alcohol although although al al- though officially only seven percent is e d t to o 0 drinking drivers in Utah Ulah SUCH WAS the report of the Utah Board Hoard on Alcoholism after after af aC af- af ter tel a survey They also found Cound that indications would prove that too much stress is put on the effects of or the wreck rather rath rath- er than the true cause The State Safety Council rep re- re p ts that of the accidents accidents acci acci- dents in 12 months 1655 were attributed to drinking with 46 I fatal but due to the system I of reporting only if an an alcohol alto alco hol blood content of over percent is determined the untrue untrue untrue un un- un- un true smaller percent is officially om dally on record THE TilE OFFICE of or C. C Taylor Burton state stale director of or highways high ways summarized this information information information mation at ai the Ule request of or the Christian Science Monitor who will soon release national figures figures fig fig- ures concerning the danger of drinking drivers A According cordin to the Yale c survey on alcoholism b h y states stales Utah's Ulah's average per gallon consumption is only 1517 1317 compared w with lh the nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's average of or 2527 gallons which places Utah among the top states stales as far as preventing the potential accident caused by alcohol is concerned |