A GOOD RECORD
FEW MOTOR ACCIDENTS IN THE BAY NO FATALITIES LAST YEAR Inspector J. H. Delves of the Transport Department, has received statistics of motor accidents which occurred in his district during the year ended March 31, 1941, these revealing that a good record is enjoyed by motorists of this district. During the twelve months not one fatalitj r resulted from a motor accident, although the current year will not return such a clean sheet, there already having been one death when recently a cyclist was struck and killed near Pbroporo. The figures following relate to ac. eidents recorded in the Opotiki and Whakatane Counties and the Whakatane Borough. Collisions With Another Vehicle 10 With a Railway Train 1 With a Cj r clist 1 With a Pedestrian 5 With a Telegraph Pole .... 1 Total Collisions 18 Non-Collisionsi Drove off Roadway 1 Went over Bank .. . 1 Person fell from Vehicle .... 1 Total non-collisions .... 3 Total Accidents ......... 21 No. of Casualties (Injuries) Drivers 3 Passengers 20 Motor Cyclists 1 Bicj'clists 1 Pedestrians 6 Total Casualties 31
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 178, 10 November 1941, Page 5
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176A GOOD RECORD Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 178, 10 November 1941, Page 5
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