Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
20 Counties;
In April Have
No Casualties
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waller Hotel


Raleigh, May 27.-ADespite an in
crease in highway deaths during
April, no less than 20 of North Car
olina's hundred counties are shOWr
on the highway safety divisions rec
ordS as spotleSs for that month as
regards casualties.
These 20 counties have neither 6
death nor an injury in an Automobile
accident charged against them for the
period In addition there were n
other counties in which no fatalities
occurred, leaving A counties i'll
which all the 80 April deaths hap
pened. ..
The "honor rolf of counties with
out casualties of any kind was an
nounced by Ronald Hocutt, director
of the safety division, as composed
of Alexander, Allegheny, Ashe, Cam
den, Carteret, Chatham, Cherokee,
Cleveland, Franklin, Gates, Greene,
Haywood, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Madi-
son, Mitchell, Montgomery, Onslow,
Pamlico, Person, Polk, Swain, Tran
sylvania, Tyrrell, Warren, Washing
ton, Watauga and Yancey.
Coutnies in which there were no
deaths, with the injuries reported
from each were: Alamance 8, Anson
3, Bertie 2, Bladen |, Burke 13, Ca
barrus 6, Chowan 3, Craven 3, David
son l6, Granville 10, Harnett 3, Hen
derSon l, Hertford 4, Jackson l,
Johnston 3, Lee Is, Macon 2, Moore
8, Nash 10, Orange 2, Pasquotank l,
Pender 2, Pitt 6, Surry l, Vance 4,
Wilson and Yadkin 2.
Seven counties showed deaths, but
no injuries. They were, with the ia
talities in each: Clay l, Davie l, Gra-
ham l, Mcdowell 4, Rutherford 3,
Stokes /, and Wilkes 2.
Counties with both deaths and in
juries and the figures deaths first);
Avery and l, Beaufort l and 2,
Brunswick l and 2, Buncombe and
%, Caldwell l and 2, CasWell l and
3, CataWba l and 81, Columbus l and
5, Cumberland and IL, Currituck
and 2, Dare l and /, Duplin 2 and
2, Durham and 28 Edgecombe /
and 49,, Forsyth and 80, CASTOR 4
and 10, Guilford and 33, Halifax z
and II, Iredell 4 and A. Lenior and
II, Lincoln l and Z, Martin l and 5,
Mecklenburg 2 and SO, New Hanover
and 10, Northampton l and /, Per-
quimans l and l. Randolph and l,
Richmond and g. Robson l and 5,
Rockingham and 8, Rowan 3 and
II, Sampson l and 3, Scotland l and
2, Stanly l and l, Union l and II,
Wake 2 and 40, Wayne and 8.
There were comparatively few ia
talities in the larger cities of the
state A partial list showed the fol-
lowing death and injury count in
some of them: Charlotte l and so,
Winston-Salem 0 and l8, Kinston 0
and 4, Wilson 0 and 4, Washington
o and !, Wilmington 0 and 4, Dur
ham 2 and 26, Rocky Mount O and 6,
Burlington 0 and 2, Fayetteville l
and 3.
In several cases the county and
city figures could not be separated
with complete accuracy.
Commenting on the April record
OF fatalities and injuries, Director
Hocutt expressed the opinion that
thln2s were not quite as bad as the
increase in deaths might indicate.
He pointed out that in April, 1888,
there were reported many more ac-
cldents altogether than occurred last
month. The difference seemed to be
that this years crashes were, by
some quirk of fate, more serious in
their results, he said. There were
numerous accidents in which more
than one victim was claimed as
Shown by the fact that the 80 vic
TINS died in total of 68 accidents.
Accidents without cities and incor-
porated towns were more numerous
tnan rural crashes, but were gener-
ally attended with less serious re-
suits. There were 302 city and town
accidents, against 293 rural, but onlv
II OF the urban crashes were fatal
as against Sc such accidents in the
country.