. Annual report of the Public Service Commission, and the ... annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners . — Killed. Injured. Total. Passengers, Employees Travellers on highway at grade crossings, Trespassers other . • . Total, passengers were killed and 48 injured during the the total fatalities to passengers, all were reported to haveoccurred as the result of their own imprudence or the number of passengers injured, namely, 48, 26 werereported as in


. Annual report of the Public Service Commission, and the ... annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners . — Killed. Injured. Total. Passengers, Employees Travellers on highway at grade crossings, Trespassers other . • . Total, passengers were killed and 48 injured during the the total fatalities to passengers, all were reported to haveoccurred as the result of their own imprudence or the number of passengers injured, namely, 48, 26 werereported as injured from causes beyond their control, while 22were reported as injured through their own imprudence ornegligence. The total number of passengers killed and injuredduring the preceding year was 10 and 38 respectively; theaverage number of passengers killed and injured annually dur-ing the years 1905-1914 was 12 and 80 respectively. XCIV PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, [Jan. The character of accidents to passengers during the yearended June 30, 1915, is shown by the following: — CHARACTER OF ACCIDENT. Collision, Falling, Crossing track, ....Getting on or off trains, cars, obstruction, Other Total, The following table shows the ratio of passengers killed andinjured to the total number of passengers carried and milestravelled by passengers on railroads in Massachusetts duringthe years ended June 30, 1914 and 1915: — PASSENGERS CARRIED, ETC. 1915. Number of passengers carried in Massachusetts,Passenger miles travelled in Massachusetts, ^ Passengers killed by causes beyond their control, .Ratio to total passengers carried, ....Ratio to total passenger miles travelled. Passengers injured by causes beyond their to total passengers carried, ....Ratio to total passenger miles travelled. Passengers killed by their own fault or want of to total passengers carried, ....Ratio to total passenger miles travelled. Passengers injured by their own


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