Illumination items: Street lighting at intersections

At the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, in the report for 1929, statement is made that 33,600 people were killed and 1,200,000 were injured on the streets and highways of the country for that year. It was also found that more than 50 per cent of these accidents occurred at street or highway intersections, which are accordingly rated as the most hazardous part of the roadway. To reduce these figures, ever mounting year by year, the intersection should be attacked vigorously by all those interested in an effort to reduce the number of accidents occurring here. The respective number of accidents occurring in daylight and those occurring at night is unknown, but experience has shown that brightly lighted intersections will in a great measure reduce the hazard at night.