FATAL ACCIDENTS.
TWENTY CAUSES. The special commissioner of the "Motor," a British journal, has been making enquiries concerning the causes of accidents in that country, and has found that twenty causes of fatal accidents are as follows: Percent. I.—Errors of speed .. 10.5 2.~Errors of/judgment .. 8.4 3.—Children" running into road • • .. 7.8 4.—Pedestrians crossing road carelessly .. ..1.7 s.—Skidding 7.7 6.—-Pedestrians stepping off footway carelessly .. 4.8 7.~oycijsts colliding with vehicle or pedestrian .. 4.7 B.—Pedestrians crossing from behind vehicle .. 4.0 9.—Dangerous corners .. 3.9 10.—Drivers emerging from side road incautiously .. 3.5 11.—Defective brakes ..3.0 12.—Drivers cutting in or out incautiously .. .. 2.9 13.—Pillion-riding incautiously 2.8 14.—Drivers on wrong side .. 2.2 15.—Cornering improperly .. 2.2 16.—Inexperienced drivers .. 1.7 17.—Railway level-crossing .. 1.5 18.—Pedestrians crossing road _ 'in front of vehicle .. 1.2 19.—Tramlines .. .. 1.2 20. —Cyclists cutting in or out 1.2
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19150, 5 November 1927, Page 5
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