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Show DEATH ROAD: Safety Report Compared with 1946, death is taking tak-ing a back seat on the nation's highways high-ways this year, the semi-annual report re-port of the National Safety council has shown. For the first six months of 1947 the cross-country death toll stood at 14,480. That figure is 9 per cent below the 15,890 fatalities recorded for the same period last year. At the same time, travel was 11 per cent heavier tb;; year. According yJple safety council's report, 2,490 livjbs were lost during June, which represents a 5 per cent increase over the June, 1946, record. rec-ord. In view of the increased traffic, however, it was a marked improvement. improve-ment. Even the larger cities in the nation na-tion were decreasing their traffic fatalities. New York whittled its deaths by 15 per cent and Los Angeles An-geles by 16 per cent. Jacksonville, Fla., was tops on the record book with a 69 per cent decrease from 1946. Indication was that cities were becoming more traffic conscious. |