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Three Main Causes of London Accidents

19th September 1958
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

IN 1957, 2,370 people fell off or inside public service vehicles in . London, iccording to statistics published by the Vletropolitan Police. There were 1,969 :ollisions between light goods vehicles and pedestrians, and 158 between heavy goods vehicles and pedestrians, whilst )uses struck 365 of them.

Of. 11,227 accidents involving aedestrians ..and single vehicles, 844 )ccurred at uncontrolled zebra crossings and 618 within 50 yards of such crossings. k total of 3,626 pedestrians was knocked down while crossing the road in full view A the traffic and 1,943 when crossing the :oad masked by stationary vehicles.

There were 16,281 vehicles involved in :ollisions with one or more other vehicles. Of this figure, 1,693 were light goods vehicles, 232 heavy goods and 448 buses. Over half the total was represented by cyclists and motorcyclists. Of 22,414 drivers held to blame for accidents, 5,859 were goods-vehicle drivers and 1,271 bus drivers.

Crossing road junctions without due :are, turning right carelessly, and misjudgment of clearance, distance and speed were the three chief causes of drivers having accidents.

" TRAIN CONVICTED DRIVERS" IS SAFETY PROPOSAL COMPULSORY attendance at special

centres for education in road behavipur for people found guilty of traffic offences is one of five controversial proposals to be discussed at this. year's National Safety Congress, organized by the Royal Society for, the Prevention of Accidents. The congress will be held next

month at Bridlington, and the opening ceremony will he performed by Mr. Richard Nugent, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport.

From the North Midland Federation comes a proposal that hand signals by drivers are out of date and dangerous. They suggest that the Ministry of Transport should evolve a standard specification for direction indicators.

Other suggestions are that a top speed limit of 50 m.p.h. should be imposed on unrestricted roads, and that more definite guidance should be given as to the precedence of vehicles at roundabouts.

BUS STATION NEARER?

I N an effort to speed the construction of a central taus station in Aberdeen a meeting has been arranged between W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., and Aberdeen Corporation.