Fewer child road injuries
17th August 1979, Page 18
17th August 1979
Page 18
Page 18, 17th August 1979
— Fewer child road injuries
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CASUALTY figures for road accidents went up by about three per cent in 1978 said the Department of Transport.
Serious casualties stood at 81,700 and slight injuries were 259,600 — about the same level as for 1977 — but the numbers of deaths in road accidents rose to 6,790.
Number of children killed went up by one per cent to 650 but 11,100 seriously injured and 38,800 slightly injured, were six and four per cent fewer.