TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
OBSERVATIONS BY MINISTER. Some interesting facts regarding traffic accidents during the year ended March 31 last were released by the Minister of Transport, the Hon. R. Semple, today. “The most frequent type of fatal accident wqs the collision between a pedestrian and a motor-vehicle,” said Mr Semple. “In the towns, this type of accident represented 36 per cent of all the fatalities, while collisions of mo-tor-vehicles with bicyclists accounted for another 22 per cent. Even on country highways, the pedestrian accidents made up 17 per cent of all the fatalities.”
Considering both fatal and non-fatal accidents, however, the most numerous type was the collision between two motor-vehicles, accounting for 34 per cent of the total, the Minister said. During the year, there were 861 personal injury collisions in built-up areas, compared with 626 on rural roads. There were 869 bicycle accidents and 748 pedestrian accidents in built-up areas, compared with 123 and 131 on rural roads. “Off the road” accidents were more common in rural districts and tended to be more serious than collisions between motor-vehicles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1939, Page 3
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