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Table No. 9—Number and Type of Motor Accidents occurring in the Larger Centres of Population during Calendar Year 1946

Table No. 10—Classification of Road Users killed or injured each Month during Calendar Year 1946

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Type of Accident. Auckland Metropolitan Area. Wellington City. "§ H 3 - ■§£ If 5 o Dunedin City. Lower Hutt City. Palmerston North City. Wanganui City. Invercargill City. Hamilton City. Total. Number of fatal accidents .. 22 7 9 4 1 2 1 2 1 49 Number of Collisions With other motor-vehicle .. With railway train With electric tram With bicyclist With pedestrian With telegraph or power pole Other collisions Non-collisions Vehicle left road Vehicle overturned Person fell from vehicle Other 143 21 103 215 29 12 9 9 8 3 78 ' *8 25 128 12 10 6 5 7 2 83 1 10 165 46 4 6 - 4 3 2 31 2 26 34 5 6 2 2 2 2 20 1 "is 15 2 2 1 2 5 10 2 24 7 1 12 1 17 8 1 1 "2 1 20 2 21 6 1 1 31 2 25 12 3 1 1 428 7 43 424 471 54 40 19 25 27 10 Total number of accidents 552 281 324 112 66 44 43 51 75 1,548

Number of Persons killed and injured. Month. Occupants of Motorvehicles. Motor-cyclists or Pillionriders. Bicyclists. Pedestrians. Other. Total. January February March April May June July August September October November December 150 168 193 195 151 246 163 207 161 158 141 393 58 33 30 50 34 38 20 30 41 28 34 88 40 59 67 56 64 • 68 59 51 46 45 52 97 42 55 71 56 81 88 65 76 58 67 43 96 2 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 2 3 292 317 362 358 331 446 308 365 308 300 270 677 Totals 2,326 484 704 798 22 4,334