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Table 16—Accidents Causing Personal Injury Occurring in the Large Urban Areas for the Years 1946 to 1949 Inclusive

Table 17—Summary of Speeding Offences for the Years 1946-47 to 1949-50

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Centre. 1946. Number of 1947. Accidents. 1948. 1949. Population at 1st April, 1949. Accidents Per 10,000 Population During 1949. Auckland Metropolitan Area 552 641 653 722 242,160 29-8 Wellington City Metropolitan Area 281 360 345 356 133,800 26-6 Chyistchurch City Metropolitan Area 324 302 286 317 126,600 25-0 Dunedin City Metropolitan Area .. 112 104 166 144 71,100 20-3 Lower Hutt City Area 66 85 106 89 40,900 21-8 Palmerston North City Area 44 60 65 76 28,900 26-3 Wanganui City Area 43 61 63 67 25,700 26-1 Invercargill City Area 51 46 36 39 26,300 14-8 Hamilton City Area 75 77 71 68 28,800 23-6 > Total .. ( 1,548 1,736 1,791 1,878 724,260 25-9 ' N.B.—Two further cities : New Plymouth, 44 ; Timaru, 29.

Period and Offence. Prosecuted. Convicted. Dismissed. Withdrawn. Fines Recorded. 1946-47 £ Dangerous speed 27 25 1 1 109 Exceeding 30 m.p.h. 558 552 2 4 1,294 Exceeding heavy motor-vehicle speed 269 267 2 620 Exceeding 40 m.p.h. 379 373 1 5 1,115 1947-48 Dangerous speed 64 60 3 1 246 Exceeding 30 m.p.h. .. 616 607 4 5 1,411 Exceeding heavy motor-vehicle speed 163 161 1 1 358 Exceeding 40 m.p.h. 348 344 3 1 1,078 1948-49 Dangerous speed 71 69 1 1 299 Exceeding 30 m.p.h. 765 760 3 2 1,953 Exceeding heavy motor-vehicle speed 185 182 1 2 433 Exceeding 40 m.p.h. 282 282 881 1949-59 Dangerous speed 93 90 2 1 435 Exceeding 30 m.p.h. 1,233 1,213 14 6 2,682 Exceeding heavy motor-vehicle speed 491 486 5 1,080 Exceeding 50 m.p.h. 127 124 3 423