February Fatalities
Twelve lives were lost in Febru- : ary as the result of motor accidents, reports the Transport Department. Five vehicles which ran off the road (one resulting in a double fatality); there was a collision between a car and a motor cycle at a city intersection; two other motor cycle accidents, a fatality due to the door of a moving bus opening and a passenger falling out; a collision between a car and a boy cyclist, the latter being fatally hurt, and a fatality due to a boy running out and being struck by a truck. In 1945 there were only six deaths in that period, while in 1943 and 1944 there were 10. Just prior to the war, when motor travel was at a peak, the monthly figures were a good deal heavier, 21 deaths being recorded in February, 1938, and 23 in 1939.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 52, 15 March 1946, Page 8
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146February Fatalities Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 52, 15 March 1946, Page 8
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