Note 201 — Chapter XI · HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS AND THEIR MITIGATION
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“Facts and figures of the Automobile Industry,” 1922, published by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, gives the following table under the heading “Ratio of Accidents to Traffic Declines”:
Year Number of Auto Deaths per Car Total Number Auto[202] Deaths Registration of Cars Number of Cars per 1000 Population Auto Deaths per 1000 Population
1917 .0019 9,184 4,983,340 48 .0887
1918 .0016 9,672 6,146,617 59 .0919
1919 .0013 9,827 7,558,848 71 .0936
1920 .00123 11,358 9,211,295 87 .1040
1921 .00119 12,500 [203] 10,448,632 99 .1100
[202] Estimated of entire U. S. by National Workmen’s Compensation Service Bureau applying Census Bureau for registration area to grand total.
[203] Estimated from incomplete figures. Later statistics of the U. S. Census Bureau gives automobile accidents in 1921, 9103; in 1922, 10,168.
[204] Harry D. Williar, Jr., Assistant Chief Engineer, in Public Roads, September, 1921.
[205] Bulletin issued by the American Railway Association as a part of the “Cross Crossings Cautiously” campaign, June to September, inclusive, 1922.
[206] “Cross Crossings Cautiously” Bulletin.
[207] Nebraska Blue Print, May, 1920. Published by the Engineering Society of the University of Nebraska.
[208] Formerly Chairman of the Citizens’ Street Traffic Committee of New York City, Honorary President of the Highway Traffic Association of the state of New York, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Highway Transport Committee of the United States Council of National Defense, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Regulation, Inc., etc.
[209] “The Science of Highway Traffic Regulation,” by W. P. Eno. Distributed by Brentano’s, New York.
[210] Eno, op. cit.
[211] Main Office, Saugatuck, Fairfield County, Conn.