Show rural accidents increase traffic c accidents in the rural districts are mounting by leaps and bounds since 1924 the national safety council says motor vehicle fatalities have increased per cent in cities over population they went up but 30 per cent of course the council points out a large part of this increase may be the result of much increased rural travel but most traffic authorities ties believe however that the more favorable city record can be traced to the more effective traffic control measures in municipalities in 1937 the loss of life to traffic accidents in rural districts and cities under population was in cities over there were killed while collisions with pedestrians constituted the major fatal accident problem in cities rural districts had their greatest difficulty with collisions between two or more motor vehicles |