ANNUAL REPORT of the MOTOR VEHICLE BRANCH FOR THE YEAR 1970
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is part of: Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
creator: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
issued: 2018-12-06
issued: 1972
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note: PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ANNUAL REPORT of the MOTOR-VEHICLE BRANCH FOR THE YEAR 1970 Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1972 1 To Colonel the Honourable John R. Nicholson, P.C., O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Annual Report of the Motor- vehicle Branch for the year 1970. LESLIE RAYMOND PETERSON, A ttorney-General. Attorney-General's Department, Victoria, British Columbia, November 1971. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, 1970 The Honourable L. R. Peterson, Q.C., LL.D., Ed.D., F.R.S.A., Attorney-General, Victoria, British Columbia. Sir: I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Motor-vehicle Branch for 1970. The Report deals with the activities in which the Branch was involved during 1970 and provides an accounting for the various aspects of licence issuance for the 1970 licence-year which ended on February 28, 1971. Increases in a number of vehicle registrations were evident in 1970. Motor- vehicle registrations, which include motor-cycles, reached a total of 1,041,585, an increase of 3.2 per cent over the previous licence-year. Trailer registrations of all types reached a total of 129,864, which is an increase of 13.5 per cent over the 1969 registrations. The number of licensed drivers increased to 1,233,949, up 6.8 per cent over the 1969 total. This Report includes a section dealing with motor-vehicle accidents and sets up a number of tables in statistical form dealing with the information gathered from accident reports. A total of 559 traffic fatalities was recorded in 1970, which is a 3.1 per cent increase from the 1969 total of 542. Deaths per 100 million miles travelled on British Columbia highways amounted to 6.70 in 1970, compared to 6.39 in 1969. The number of accidents reported during 1970 was …
has type: Legislative proceedings
identifier: J110.L5 S7
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language: English
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