Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 26—Deaths and injuries from grade crossing accidents showed a marked decline following the enactment of the North Carolina law requiring drivers of motor vehicles to stop before crossing railroad tracks, according to figures just made public by the Safety Department of the Southern Railway System.
The law became effective on July 1, 1923, and in the ensuing six months, four persons were killed and 11 injured in 11 accidents at crossings of the Southern’s tracks in North Carolina, as against six killed and 24 injured in 21 accidents during the first six months of 1923; 11 killed and 25 injured in 15 accidents during the last half of 1922; and eight killed and 22 injured in 15 accidents during the first half of 1922.
This decrease in casualties was in the face of an increasing volume of automobile and truck travel, 247,612 motor vehicles having been registered in the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina during 1923 as against 182,060 in 1922.
From the front page of the Mooresville Enterprise, Thursday, Feb. 28, 1924
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