Nearly 1.000 Died On Highways
During First Six Months Of Year
RALEIGH — Nearly 1,0()0 flriv
ers died or were parties to death
on the str«>ets and highways of
North Carolina during the iirsl
six months ol 1968.
Your chances of being on'
them ro,se .substantially if:
1) You were between the ages
of 25 and 34.
2) You drove on a Saturday dur
ing the month ot Maich.
3) You drove between the hours
of 7:00 and 10:00 p.m.
4) You traveled on a U.S. high
way or rural paved road.
5) You exceed the sjreed limit.
6) You were driving under the
influence.
Thest lact.s, ba.sed on accidents
eccuring in the State during the
months ol January through June,
1968, were reh-a.sed this week by
the Driver Education and Acci
dent Records Division of the .Mo
tor Vehiele.s.
During the period tliere were
715 fatalities attributed to traffic
accidents in the slate. Inxolvcd in
those aciidents were 991 drivers.
A total ol 24.5 of those drivers
were in the 25-34 age grou|)—I he
highest numbr’r lor any of the
standard age gi-oupings u.si-d in
computing accident statistic-s.
Close behind were the 20-24-year-'
died be’ween 10:(K' p.m. and 1:00 I
a.m. The safest time to travel was
400 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., when 31
deaths occured. i
With 221 fatalities recorded, C. |
of S. highways were the blo.Tdie.st |
arteries of travel in the state dur-1
ing the perioel. They were rivaled
clo.sely by rural paved roads, crc-l
dited with 213 deaths. N. C. high-1
way,'- chiimed the lives ol 129 mo-|
torists and 113 were killed on the
streets of our cities and towns.
Rural unpaved roads and inter-'
.state highways accounted for 191
and 18 deaths respr'ctlv 'y. |
Speeding easily led the list ofj
causes contributing to fatal acci-|
dents. It was a factor in 217.
death.s. Driving to the left of cen-'
ter line brought death to 170 peo-1
pie and failure to yield the right |
of way claimed 58. Driving under |
the influence was established as I
a major factor in 32 deaths. |
fn conjunction with the relea.se|
of accident statiticss for the first
six months. Motor Vehicles Com-1
missioner Ralph Howland warned j
that, on a basis of pa.st experi-|
cnee, the last six months will be'
deadliei than the first six. |
“In 1967," Howland said, "we
averaged over 30 more traffic
deaths in each of the last six
C'lds, eredited with participation
in 2Co fatal aceifients, j
Saturday wa.^- clearly the mast
popular day for death on the
highways during the first hall tf,
the yea I. Of the 715 fatalities, 184
v«o:e registered on this rlay of
rest and relaxation. Sunday fol- j
lowed with 135 tlealhs, and Kridtiy ,
aceounted for 106. Wednesda,yi he done with tull cooperation fiom
travel with the publh-. The facts are simple
xir. 1 .. . should be frightening.
, ' leading month There are probably as many as
f'*!*?* accnlents with 138 kill-|6(X) North Carolinians alive today
ed followed closely by May with ■ who will not celebrate New Years
Day, 1969. They will be dead,
with 90 fatalities, was the safest ^ -if every driver will keep
m .nths than in the first six. This
was a decrease in fatalities over
the .same period the previous
year, but it was still indicative of
the fact that we have now enter
ed tin mo.st dangerous period of
the driving year.
“Every eflorl is being made to
rever.se this trend, but it can only
month.
I .1 every driver will keep this
: in mind, if every driver will pro-
1 mise himself not to be one of
Traditionally, the early -vc-
ning hours have been the most' actxirdingly,
hazardous on the road. The year '•‘'-sulb: oould be dramatic."
1968 is proving to be no exception.' ”
The three hours between 7:00 (i.m.
and 10:00 p.m. claimed 1.54 lives
during the six - month period.
Death came to 128 people heta emi
4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., and 118
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