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Show a Accident stats 1! list dangerous i the "ill : areas, drivers Itle By MARCELLA WALKER Pleasant Grove police officers 1 investigated 21 per cent more ac- cidents in 1984 than in 1983, according ac-cording to the year end report just un6i released. , ;The department lists 209 accidents for the past year, 34 with injuries, , with damages totalling $201,695. I1 Eleven vehicles were totalled. There was one additional injury as a result of drunk driving. .Most accidents were in daylight, 5 ! on dry roads, but during afternoon hours. There were more accidents on Wednesday than any other day, " although Thursday was not far ! behind. Both of these days far ex-S ex-S ceeded the other weekdays . ! The most dangerous intersections, ! listed according to occurence order, I are Main Street and State Road 89, l 300 East and State Road 89, 200 South I and 300 East, Main and 100 South, ; 200 S. and 100 East, Center and State i Road 89, Center and 100 East, 300 1 l East and 500 North, and 1300 West I : and State Road 89. ;r j More accidents by far occur with drivers in the age 16 to 29 group for ! ma'es than any other. Fewest accidents ac-cidents for male drivers are listed in the age 51 to 60 group with males J over 61 not far behind. - j Female drivers in the age 27-35 ; category had more accidents than other females. Again, the fewest ; ere women in the 51-60 age group 1 wth those 61 and over not much higher. |