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810 Lives Lost In 1949
On Virginia Highways
Death took a fearful toll of 810 li\es on Virginia Streets and highways during 1949, Col. C. W. Woodson, Jr., Superintendent of State Police and Executive Chairman of tJie Governor’s Highway Safety Committee, announced as official records closed for the most tragic year of traffic since 1946.
Comparing unfavorably with 1948’s see re of 730 dead, the record also saw injuries jump from the 15,574 of 1948 to 17,850 as traffic votjmes rose some 12 per cent. Most alarming, the safety official continued, was the rise in deaths from accidents involving only one vehicle occurring when a motor vehicle strikes a fixed object, overturns in the roadway or runs off the roadway. In commenting on the rise in fatal accidents of this type from 260 to 291 he stated that excessive speed is to blame in nine out of 10 cases. Equally disheartening was the fact tha 19 fatal crashes occurred between motor vehicles and railroad trains, which figure was eight more than in 1948.
A total of 118 fatal accidents in cities and towns accounted for 124 deaths while 588 fatal accidents in rural districts saw 706 deaths. In 1948, the record showed 104 fatal urban accidents killing 114 people and 531 in rural, districts causing 616 deaths. Here, Colonel Woodson said, we have speed again since vehicles naturally travel at higher rates in open country.
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