ROAD ACCIDENTS RAISED BY WAR-TRANSPORT SURGE
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ATTENTION is drawn by the Ministry of War Transport to the fact that • the increase in the volume of traffic on the roads, due to the intensification of the war effort, has been accompanied by a sharp rise in road accidents during daylight. There were 10,309 road casualties during all hours in March, which was 542 more than in March of last year. Deaths numbered 522, compared with 529, There were 23 fewer deaths during the hours of darknesS, but 16 more during daylight. The increase of 549 in the injured occurred during daylight.
Until January of this year, road casualties had been diminishing steadily since August, 1941. They have continued to show a reduction at night, but this decrease is offset by the increase during other hours.
During the first three months of 1944 daylight casualties numbered 925 killed and 19,562 injured. These figures show increase's over those for the first quarter of last year of 41 killed and 1,104 injured. Casualties at night numbered 702 killed and 9,919 injured— a reduction of 43 and 360 respectively.