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APPENDICES
Appendix IX-Contd
(Chapter 13: Law, Order and Records)
Traffic
Comparative figures for the last six years are as below:
Accidents
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
Fatal ...
:
154
174
183
207
270
265
Serious injury''
951
1,229
1.709
1,820
2,238
2,248
Slight injury ...
4,513
4,969
5,201
5,215
5,782
6,437
Damage only
9,032
8,987
7,605 7,664 7,587
5,264
Total
14,650 15,359 14,698
14,906
15,877-____ 14,214
Number of Registered Vehicles, Licensed Drivers, Provisional (Learner) Licences issued and Driving Tests conducted
16 17
1958
1959
1960 1961
1962
1963
Number of registered vehicles
35,314 39,629
47,232 54,152* 61,482* 71,415*
Number of licensed drivers
89,429
104,288
118,310 120,418 130,512 144,667
Provisional (Learner) licences
issued
25,875
28,457
20,375 26,344 20,848 24,310
Driving tests conducted
21,285 22,137 73,621 59,509 75,404† 67,369†
* This number does not include 818 rickshaws and 735 tricycles.
†This number includes written test; the number of practical tests conducted is 46,213.