Show traffic casualties double wars toll combined deaths and injuries in 1923 washington there Is almost total luck lack of systematic effort to beaure no accurate and complete dot data regarding traffic acci accidents deam in their et r types and causes and Inet methods hodl of f po prevention emble declares the co ala we on me statistics of the conference on street bud and high war nor safety in st rf report to in secretary of my commore commerce hoover based acme on a thor ough survey which reve revealed aleda an annual don cimet loss IQ in the united states due m to street and highway accidents in 1023 of 22 persons killed serious am la juries nod bud an acome economic loss of ax us the committee a rep report t chews fiat alint t boe were nere since more than twice as many c casualties mam 1 ties in street and highway me ac eaid T in 1 lit the e united states stales luring during 1928 than chun there them vore lor for the united states state army at ho home and ad abroad in a an the world war the ge t it highway it a w I 1 1 and d 1 street casualties include Z killed e d and I d e ale injured this takes take A no ac count of minor accidents accident th the rep report rc also all allows that there them were only 14 more mes of our a me men killed hilled in action in the world ald war tint than 1 in street and ad ill highway my accidents 1 in lead 1923 Is in stat e a ah where ahm m centralized age agen else cles have been created to i investigate such buch abeld accidents to it has hem been possible to attempt a ayele systematic matic remedy of the he renditions conditions B but u t 34 stat states bar hava no adequate system te m f for r securing inch each in formation and I 1 in few states late is 18 may any record kept except where death or serious personal injury result from traffic accidents committee reeman recommendations atia S uch such facts re th the e committee or sao are fun fundamental to t the he adoption P ile of ad adequate methods oda of control cement it if the present situation itou 1 Is to b be improved captured and the C committee 8 recommendations amr provide do t that hat statistics tal latles regarding street bud and high uny nay accidents are am so am vital to any coin m sive understanding find ad treat mort meet of the problem that their collection cad ad ta 1 every state rate and community Is ie essential 1 where such do not exist statutes should be passed in every state which should about d male make it the specific spedee business of some state agency preferably that clothed mith aith authority to issue and licenses became to receive traffic me ac celent reports and investigate all 11 such each accidents whether occurring within or without the corporate limits of mu an mclin fild it ft theold should be made ad by law oblige tory for those concerned to report oil all traffic be accidents eld acts and an adequate pen alty ally tor for failure to report should tie be provided reasonable uniformity in reporting bud and tabulating data 1 Is essential list and ad some mine co competent potent body should under take I 1 the he compilation of standard asil able n a of terms S sufficiently detailed information should ha in be gathered to a indicate a clearly arty det arl whether the accidents 1 occurred acrel be on cause of ra a 1 as ccle no or Ins incapacity parity ot of persons persona fault of mechanism of vehicle phy of cill c condl and I 1 tiona of the lie I 1 locality a ty where tile the accident occurred urges urge spot maps the th remse committee ties includes include IS 18 time items of information aaion which should be obtained to constitute an adequate report spot maps to detect danger points and ad to sone serve a as a basis tor for remedial action should be maintained the experience of the committee led tta its mem members b er to express tiie the hope that it its report po t t will lead to improvement in the he field or of lithe arv accident ident report ing th that at 11 major inflate the govern mental as 9 ad d tile the various fivie kiri vate vale organ argon u we mas interested to a more intensive study and great greater r efforts in its study of fatal accidents the ommittee omm ittes found from the records ol of the congo census bureau that highway in fa tell ill are ironing growing at a me more rapid tor rate the than accidental crich med deaths irom all aad ad that automobile bile fatalities ax are growing ing more or rapidly than high way fatalities as a whole for ex CA ample ampie the total number of accidental deaths increased 10 T per cent between 1922 and 1823 1923 whereas the total hum a her bar of highway famil fatalities tice 17 8 per out cent end ad am automobile bit fatalities la in creased per cut cent |