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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

SAFETY COUNCIL STUDY REVEALS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS MORNING DARKNESS HAS LITTLE EFFECT ON FATALITIES

LIGHTING HAS HAD LITTLE OR NO EFFECT ON THE NUMBER OF EARLY- MORNING FATALITIES AMONG SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, A NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL STUDY HAS INDICATED. THE NSCS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SURVEYED ALL 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL-CHILD FATALITIES FOR JANUARY, 1974, AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY, 1973, COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT L. TOFANY EXPLAINED. THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS-75 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION IN 42 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-SHOWED NO APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MONTHS IN THE NUMBER OF EARLY-MORNING PEDESTRIANS AND PEDALCYCLE FATALITIES EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN 4 TO 18 YEARS OLD. TWENTY TRAFFIC FATALITIES WERE RECORDED IN JANUARY, 1974, AMONG CHILDREN AGED FOUR THROUGH 18 WALKING OR PEDALING DURING THE GOING-TO-SCHOOL HOURS FROM 6:00 TO 9:00 A.M. BY COMPARISON, 19 FATALITIES WERE RECORDED FOR JANUARY, 1973. OF THE 43 REPORTING AGENCIES, 29 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHOWED EITHER NO CHANGES OR DECREASES IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL-AGE FATALITIES. THREE STATES-ALASKA, ARIZONA AND IDAHO-WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY SINCE THEY DID NOT SHIFT TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. TEN STATES-FLORIDA, NEVADA, VIRGINIA, ILLINOIS, NEW MEXICO, WISCONSIN, CONNECTICUT, LOUISIANA, NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA-HAD INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL-AGE FATALITES. FLORIDA, WITH AN INCREASE OF FIVE SCHOOL-AGED FATALITIES IN 1974. SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE. /AUTHOR/

  • Corporate Authors:

    American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

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  • Publication Date: 1974-3

Media Info

  • Pagination: p. 12
  • Serial:
    • Volume: 39 N

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  • Accession Number: 00222403
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM