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TABLE No. 9.—CONVICTIONS FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES, 1929-1938. Table showing a Classification of the Convictions for Traffic Offences recorded during the Calendar Years, 1929-1938.

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Class of Offence. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. I 1937. 1938. Failing to stop motor-vehicle after .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 accident involving bodily injury Negligent driving causing death .. 8 9 4 8 7 6 815* 20 Negligent driving causing bodily injury .. 2 1 1 7 1 4 4 8 Unlawfully converting vehicle to own use 268 395 333 391 344 250 333 470 490 372 Drunk in charge of motor-car .. 419 435 403 309 287 253 327 477 573 685 Drunk in charge of other vehicle .. 60 31 28 18 15 12 8 15 15 16 Excessive speed in motor-vehicle .. 1,609 2,120 2,084 2,052 1,428 1,269 1,350 1,697 1,587 2,855 Negligent or dangerous driving of motor- 3,291 3,923 3,109 2,693 2,314 2,429 2,806 3,533 3,744 4,523 vehicle Riding bicycle on footpath .. .. 777 532 425 354 362 406 381 402 437 262 Negligent or dangerous driving of other 61 95 45 58 33 62 84 20 160 164 vehicles Breaches of regulations for lighting of 4,164 3,965 2,557 3,406 3,661 3,234 3,440 3,335 2,571 2,301 vehicles Offences relating to registration &c. of 3,232 3,678 4,184 3,521 4,337 4,460 4,240 4,317 4,295 4,317 motor-vehicles Breaches of parking regulations .. 1,734 1,836 1,049 949 694 1,326 1,495 1,334 2,161 3,547 Other traffic offences .. .. 1,147 1,135 918 854 661 729 836 1,193 1,777 5,237 Totals .. .. .. 16,770 18,156 15,140 14,613 14,144 14,443 15,309 16,812 17,814 24,322 Motor-vehicles registered at 31st Do- 187,000 195,000 193,000 188,000 189,000 197,000 214,000 237,000 261,000 293,000 cember Motor-vehicle petrol-consumption (million, 57 63 55 50 51 56 63 72 82 89 gallons) Convictions per thousand motor-vehicles 90 93 78 78 75 73 72 71 68 83 Convictions per million gallons of petrol 294 288 275 292 277 258 243 233 217 273 consumed * Not available.