Road Deaths 'Fewer• than 5,000 Last Year
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IT seems likely, although final figures are not yet known, that road deaths in 1952 will he below 5,000 for the first time in 25 years in a period without fuel rationing. Maj.-Gen, B. K. Young, director-general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, made this statement on Monday, when he announced that "Still More Courtesy" would be the theme for 1953.
New records may be set up. Figures for the first 11 months of 1952 indicate that deaths to pedestrians and children on the roads may be the lowestsince records were started in 1926. Compared with 1951, all road deaths were tower by one a day, and final analysis should reveal that injuries on the roads were fewer by 20 a day.
"The road-safety movement is confident that courtesy and consideration for other road users is spreading steadily throughout Great Britain, and so we shall pursue this objective tirelessly for another year," Maj.-Gen. Young said.
NEW WESTERN WELSH TOUR
A NEW 10-day tour to Royal Deeside and Edinburgh will be run this year by the Western Welsh Omnibus Cu', Ltd., at a cost of £31 10s. Scotland will also be served on a 14-day tour to the Highlands and eight-day tours to the Western Highlands and the Trossachs.
Six-day tours included in the company's programme are to the Lake District, Wales, the South Coast and the Isle of Wight, East Anglia and the Derbyshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors. There is to be a seven-day trip to Devon and Cornwall. Three-day trips will be run to Blackpool, Epsom (for the Derby) and Royal Ascoe