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Table No. 9.—Number and Type of Motor Accidents occurring in the Larger Centres of Population during Calendar Year 1945

Table No. 10.—Classification of Road Users killed or injured each Month during Calendar Year 1945

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Type of Accident. Auckland Metropolitan Area. Wellington Metropolitan Area. Christchurch Metropolitan Area. Dunedin Metropolitan Area. lower Hutt and Petone. 1 Palmerston Worth City. Wanganui City. Invercargill City. Total. Number of fatal accidents 16 6 8 3 3 2 38 Number of Collisions With other motor-vehicle With railway train With electric tram With bicyclist With pedestrian With telegraph or power pole Other collisions 114 17 63 175 24 51 10 31 116 12 72 "6 130 32 8 29 2 32 22 4 16 1 23 18 3 14 2 12 4 13 1 15 6 2 3 2 7 3 312 3 38 313 376 53 22 17 11 10 1 1 1 63 Non-collisions Vehicle left road Vehicle overturned Person fell from vehicle Other 1 3 4 4 4 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 •• 1 1 2 10 13 11 Total number of accidents 427 246 263 106 64 33 40 15 1,194

Number of Persons killed and injured. Month. Occupants Motor-cyclists of Motoror PillionBicyclists. Pedestrians. Other. Total. vehicles. riders. January 121 31 30 34 1 217 February 119 14 37 33 3 206 March 136 23 46 57 2 264 April 144 29 49 47 1 270 May 157 31 68 67 3 326 June 141 15 41 72 4 273 July 125 18 36 49 4 232 August 193 33 72 90 3 391 September 162 43 56 54 3 318 October 191 33 41 44 6 315 November 141 33 61 42 1 278 December 213 39 43 46 5 346 Totals 1,843 342 580 635 36 3,436