Motor Vehicle December Report Discloses 1,550 * Accidents Were Reported rtAi.E.iuM, N.C., — During December, 84 persons were kill ed and 692 were injured in traf fic accidents on North Carolina streets and highways to bring to 836 the State’s total highway death toll for 1947, the Motor Vehicles Department reported ^ today. The report showed an 18 per cent decrease in highway deaths and a 25 per cent increase in persons injured over Decemb 1946, when 103 persons were kill ed and 553 were injured in acci dents. Motor vehicle accidents for December totaled 1,550, with 1,039 being property damage, 437 non-fatal, and 74 fatal acci * persons injured over December, cent increase in total accidents, a 64 per cent increase in acci dents involving property dam age, and an increase of 39 per cent in non-fatal accidents over the same month in 1946, when 1,036 accidents were reported, 633 being property damage, 314 non-fatal, and 89 fatal accidents. More persons were killed in highway accidents in December * than any month during the year, except January, when 98 persons lost their lives in traf fic mishaps. URBAN ACCIDENTS In cities and towns, 645 acci dents were reported in which 15 persons were killed (10 pedes trians) and 185 were injured. This compared with 428 acci dents—16 killed and 145 injured M in December, 1946. Wilmington led in fatalities for cities and towns, reporting three ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< deaths. Goldsboro was .second with two. Total accidents in cit ies and towns increased 51 per cent over December, 1946, and injuries showed a 28 per cent increase. RURAL ACCIDENTS In rural areas, 905 accidents were reported with 69 persons killed and 507 injured, as com pared with 608 accidents, 87 kill ed and 408 injured in December of 1946. These figures show an increase of 49 per cent in acci dents for rural areas, a 24 per cent increase in injuries, while fatality figures decreased 18 per cent. FATALITIES BY TYPE During December, 28 persons lost their lives in 21 fatal acci dents that involved two or more cars per accident; 27 pedes trians were killed; 22 persons lost their lives when their ve hicles ran off the roadway; one was killed in a train collision; one while riding his bicycle, and five in other non-collision acci dents. Of the 27 pedestrians killed, 12 were walking or crossing rur al highways; 6 met their deaths when they between intersections in cities and towns; three were children playing in the roads; and six others were killed while coming from behind parked cars, disregarding traffic sig nals. In the total number of fatal ities for December, nine were children under 14 years of age. FATALITIES BY COUNTIES Rockingham County led the State in traffic deaths for De cember. Eight persons lost their lives (three were drivers, five passengers), and 11 others were severly injured in three head on collision accidents. Two of the fatal accidents occurred on curves, with a driver in each accident driving 75 and 60 miles per hour. The third accident was caused by no lights, which resulted in a side-swipe collision on a curve. Buncombe and Rowan count ies were second in fatalities, re porting six fatal accidents with 6 persons killed for each county. In Buncombe, three persons were killed in three fatal acci dents when the cars ran off roadway, one was killed in a head-on collision, and two were pedestrians. Two of the acci dents were caused by drivers ex ceeding the speed limit (they were traveling 56 and 70 miles per hour around curves). The two pedestrians were reported drunk. Another accident was caused when the driver applied his brakes on an icy road, caus ing it to skid into an on-coming vehicle, and the other accident was caused by a drunken driver. Forsyth and Wayne Counties had four fatal accidents each, with one person killed in each accident. Guilford County reported three fatal accidents with four persons killed. Burke, Cumber land, Mecklenburg, Wake and New Hanover had three each; and Duplin, Henderson, Samp son, Alexander, Craven and Vance had two.each. Twenty-five other counties had one traffic death each. A report of the causes of all motor vehicle accidents and deaths for the entire year 1947 will be completed at an early date, the Department reported. Town Talk Mr. and Mrs. George Speight have recently moved here from Johnston, South Carolina. They are making their home at the present with Mr. Speight’s par ents Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Speight. I Miss Mary Louise Ray o f! Richmond was the week end guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ray. Mesdames W. O. Thompson, C. S. Thompson, Sam Thomp son, C. H. Speight, and the Rev. W. R. Stevens, Frank Massey, and Pete Garner, were visitors in Durham and Raleigh last Wednesday. ?cm®»» I FAMOUS FASHIONS ♦ "If Costs so Little to Look so Lovely" ♦ : ! 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