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la the past fr#p years, the hard surfaced secondary milage has increased more than 4,000 miles and the accident rate has gone up - from 11 per cent in 1940 to 24 per cent last year. •The death rate Oil secondary roads during the same period also increased — going, from 14 to 19 per cent as improved road milage brought urith it greater freedom of movement resulting 'in greater
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