5 APRIL 1935, Page 3

Road Accidents in America America has its road problem no

less serious than ours. In the annual returns, quoted in The Christian Century, it is reported that almost a million people were injured and 36,000 lost their lives last year. About 38 per cent. of the 882,000 collisions took place at street intersections, but by far the largest number of deaths resulted from accidents that took place on the open highways. The compilers of the report which gives these figures believe that "reckless driving primarily in , terms of speed is productive of the greatest number of accidents and fatalities." * *