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Table 9 —Comparison of Details of Fatal Motor Accidents for the Calendar Years 1945 to 1949 Inclusive

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Item. Year. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Number of Fatal Accidents (a) Total number 109 174 188 187 198 Number in daylight 70 90 88 100 112 Number in darkness 39 84 100 87 86 (6) Number occurring in built-up areas— Total number 60 80 88 89 97 Number in daylight 35 37 39 46 56 Number in darkness 25 43 49 43 41 (c) Number occurring in rural roads— Total number 49 94 100 98 101 Number in daylight 35 53 49 54 56 Number in darkness 14 41 51 44 45 (d) Number of collisions between motor-vehicles— Total number 20 23 41 28 50 Number in daylight 15 12 24 20 8 34 Number in darkness 5 11 17 16 (e) Number of collisions with railway-trains— Total number 7 12 10 6 10 8 Number in daylight 7 10 9 6 Number in darkness 2 1 2 (/) Number of collisions with trams 3 3 1 (g) Number of collisions with bicyclists— Total number 13 23 21 27 27 Number in daylight 8 11 11 12 15 Number in darkness 5 12 10 15 12 (A) Number of collisions with pedestrians— Total number 33 54 48 56 45 Number in daylight 24 27 16 25 19 Number in darkness 9 27 32 31 26 (i) Number of horse-drawn vehicles or animals 1 1 1 1 (j) Number of other collisions— Total number 6 18 16 17 8 19 Number in daylight .. 5 7 6 11 8 Number in darkness 1 11 10 9 (k) Number of non-collisions— Total number 17 40 50 52 46 Number in daylight 11 23 22 29 25 Number in darkness 6 17 28 23 21 Number of Persona Killed (a) Total number 129 190 206 196 218 99 (b) Number of occupants of motor-vehicles 68 83 108 82 (excluding motor-cyclists) (c) Number of riders of motor-cycles and pillion15 24 30 28 45 riders (d) Number of bicyclists 13 23 21 27 26 (e) Number of pedestrians 33 57 47 58 44 (/) Number of other road-users 3 1 4