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Show FATAL THUFFIG TOLLS HIT mm figure Human and personal loss suffered suf-fered in Utah traffic accidents so far in 1952, which have killed 224 persons and injured thousands of others, is only part of the aftermath after-math huge economic and monetary mone-tary losses amounting to an estimated esti-mated $18,000,000 have also been incurred, according to the Utah Safety Council. The economic and monetary losses los-ses are reflected in property damage, dam-age, medical and hopsital expenses, lost earnings and many other j factors. They are figured upon a I a formula furnished by the National Na-tional Safety Council which assigns a $95,000 price tag to each fatality, on a ratio of one death to 35 nonfatal non-fatal injuries to 225 property damage dam-age accidents. The current 1952 loss compares with $19,000,000 price for the entire en-tire year of 1951, wnen 207 lives were lost in Utah traffic. |