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In the light of a rise of at>out 2.1 percent in traffic volumes, Colonel Woodson estimated that the deatfPrate (deaths per 100 million miles of travel) would be about 5.2 against an estimated national one of 5.3. Here, he observed that the all-time high for Virginia was 24.2 in 1935 and the low was the 4.7 of last year.
Pedestrian deaths dropped from 159 to 156, to approach the alltime low of 151 in 1958. The record high was 343 in 1941. Deaths \ of servicemen rose from 31 to 54. j
CrashesN^lling more than one person each rose larmingly from 65 which killed 144 in 1960 to 89 which killed 212 in 1961. “We are unfortunate in this category,” he said, “for this type of crash can kill as mary people as happen to be in the involved vehicles but who do not contribute to the crash and can do nothing to prevent it.”
Those in which the vehicles had no contact with other vehicles showed a marked rise with 285 killing 316 as against 267 killing 290 in 1960. Urban .deaths were up from 133 to 157 and rural ones from 623 tto 695.
Virginia saw 912 deaths in 1957, 861 in 195£, 850 in 1959 and 756
1960.
private enterprise companies.
The report farther shows said H. E. Lindsey that the Canadians, the leading talkers, averaged more than 538 telephone conversations in 1960, in the United JStates the
average was 520 and Sweden 349 conversations per perso*.
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