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pbajmgsi ysvypj tsfiff vpm wyv 4 tt s v the acton free press wednesday january 18 1967 five fiveman team last year pp statistics point to highway 401 killer strip many duties for acton opp an average of seven people ir are killed and 192 are injured in motor vehicle accidents in the north halton area every iyx year according to stetisticson -fegk- j file in thejuhton detachment ilokm m office of the ontario provincial police the deaths and the injuries they range from three to 12 deaths and from 160 to 230 injuries a year are the result of an average of 495 ac per year on the highways and sideroads in north halton these crashes account for an average 268931 annually in property damage the figures are an average of statistics piling up in the ojpj files over the past five years their records go fur ther back but for comparison purposes the writer is taking 196246 figures for the basis of the facts presented in this fea ture for 1966 alone motorists in the north halton area patrol led by milton ojp jp turned in a below average year there were only 483 accidents only five were killed 194 were in jured and property damage to talled 296271 the deer e in traffic deaths from 1965 five last- year compared to 12 the ious year produces no great cause for jubilation no jubilation anyway to the families and loved ones of those five people who died to them one fatality was one too many if it wiped out the life of a father mother son sister v although there are onfylfr miles of streets within the town boundaries actons o p ip detachment comprising a corporal and four constables averages approximately 3500 miles per monthin the cruiser and covers an undetermined number of miles on foot pa trol headed by corporal ray ma son the force of constables mervin harness bruce mcar- thur bruce kressler and nick farlon provides police protect ion 24 hours per day history of sis 8 w i centennial rbckwood the january meeting of rockalong wom ens institute was held in the home of mrs harveyshuitis fnse as wefl as routine police pa trol both on foot and in the cruiser officers are kept busy investigating accidents attend ing court sessions in milton investigating thefts and traffic violations as well as spending considerable time in the office completing reports following investigations y during the past year the acton detachments duty ros ter included investigating 413 occurrences of which 30 were major crime investigations thests majorcrimes included fraud bogus cheques assault disturbances break and entry and theft the detachment also had 89 traffic investigations which in cluded motor vehicle acci dents impaired driving driv ing with license under suspen sion and dangerous driving of- or daughter brother other loved one statistics can be fun but not if they are accident or fat ality statistics it wasnt much fun but it was highly educat ional to spend an hour the other afternoon at the ojpj headquarters on the base line road milton- and re view the facts and figures the ojp personnel have kept on half the countys traffic prob lems during the past year there are 26 men in the mrlton ojp detachment a mohway 401 snakes across halton and the fourlane superhighway accounts for one in every three accidents that happen in the north halton orea every year const al jordan of milton ofp is shoyvn keeping an eye on traffic at the kilter atrip on the road a threemile stretch between kelso conservation area and the campbellville overpass where the largest number of 401 accidents happened in 196 motorists get confused on the curves and hills in this area when they are lulled by the otherwise straight highway the whole story is portrayed by a large map of north hal ton hanging iri the stenograph ers office as accidentes are reported the stenographers put a colored pin on the map to indicate the location a white pin means a non-re- nortahl arriricn oughtoshoak your months the maps are photo- graphedran8 x 10 inch print goes into the file and the pins are pulled out so a fresh start can be made to an interested outsider even a glance at a map cover ing a three month period is en- sergeant three corporals and damage there are few of 22 constables they patrol ato these tal pf 367 miles of roads in a yellow pin indicates an ac- nbrth halton including 40 mil- cident with over 100 property es of provincial highways 13 damage the map is heavily miles of highway 7 11 miles of sprinkled with this type highway 25 and 16 miles of a blue pin denotes- an accid- highway 401 plus 80 miles of ent where someone suffered a county roads and 247 miles of township roads in esquesing and nassagaweya the statistics prove conclu sively three main things 1 where the most accid ents are happening 2 when they are happen ing and 3 why they are happening the answer to where is ea sy highway 401 is the vkiller strip in north halton during 1966 165 of the 483 acidents in vestigated roughly one out of every three happened on highway 401 personal injury these are few er than the yellow pins but there are still plenfyt a red pin with an accomp anying red plastic flag shows where a fatal accident has hap pened last year five red pins decorated the map four on highway 401 and one at mc- culloughs corners on high way 7 near georgetown the detachment personnel hay so many accidents to in vestigate in the course of a year there isnt enough room on the map to accommodate all the pins every three and when do the accidents happen throughout most of the year the accidents are evenly spread among the days of the week and times of the day on the whole weekends are the busiest times for accidents due to increased traffic the time of day varies with from dawn to 9 am 11 am to 1 pjn all afternoon and evenings until midnight as the most frequent period for accidents to happen slenos at the opp besid es keeping their map posted with pins to indicate the loca tion of accidents also record the day of the week and the time of day on which an acci dent happened they keep a separate chartlilled for a year at a time in january for instance a quick glance at the map shows 401 in gampbellville area is worst spot for accident look at any of the accident location maps or pictures in milton opjp files and youll immediately spot the locations where cars and trucks are pil ing up the majority of the ac cident statistics one point on the map has pins clamoring for space they are wedged into the map at odd angles denoting rone stretch of the highway where the qpp have declared a trouble spot and placed ex tra ifrfcr tots eaort atrttch of high way where so many of the accidents are happening is on highway 401 macdonald car- tier freeway between the campbellville road overpass and the kelso conservation ar ea the terrain is rugged there and the highway engineers have developed the road to fol low the terrain curves and hills abound in this threemile stretch of highway a joy to behold on a sunny summers day but a perfect spot for the wellknown accident looking for a place to happen ajbon mb ccmaats one in every five the op were call ed to investigate last year hap pened on this curving hilly strip of road thats only three nines long one constable explained that many motorists get into trouble on this strip of road because they are spoiled by the r of th highway where long straight stretches of road tadr a driver into a false sonaaor aecurity suddenly he hits the hills and curves and he either panics or fails to slow his speed and increase his awareness to cope with the different situation before him another officer explained many cars get into accidents at this stretch because one or two wheels drop over the lip of the paved highway on to the gravel shoulder when this happens many motorists continue their speed and try to ram the car back onto the highwayrthey crank the wheel hard to the left and nothing happens then suddenly they jump over the lip back onto the pavement and go too far to the left causing the car to ei ther hit another vehicle or go completely out of control the proper method to get back onto the highway of course is to slow your speed and continue driving with two wheels on the shoulder to a point where it is easier to re enter the highway the driver should also keep an eye on the traffic to make sure his reen try into the driving lane does not cause problems to other motorists mohawk raceway traffic al so accounts for a majority of the accidents on this section of the hihgway drivers approach ing the campbellville cutoff on 401 often find themselves in the wrong lane for the turn and accidents happen when they try to squeeze into the right lane the conglomeration of normal 4q1 traffic and the hundreds of cars attempting to enter the traffic lanes when the raceway closes each night also account for many of the accidents there where else are- the most ac cidents happening three other places on high way 401 are popular fender- benders too fifteen accidents last year happened around the town line intersection hear milton heights another spot where a curve causes prob lems and 36 more happened in th vicinity of the highway 25 ov erpass and the bridge over the cnr track just east of the milton cutoff eight more hap pened at the overpass where highway 401 goes under the base line road both these lo cations have curves in the road highway 7 in the silvercreek hill area was also a good spot for calamities there were 48 between silvercreek hill and the outskirts of georgetown in 1966 eight more were registered at crewsons cprners west of acton on highway 7 a total of 38 were counted on highway 25 between acton and milton eight of them in the speyside hill area between no 10 and no is sideroads the seventh tone of esques- ing accounted for 30 more most of them in the stewart- town and hornby community areas another 28 happened on the base line more east of milton than west and finally the campbett- vrlle road formerly known as the guelph line accounted for another 19 that sunday afternoons and fridays from 11 to 12 midnight are the busiest times for acci dents in february its early sunday afternoons from noon to 3 pxn in march drivers make more miscues thursday fri day and saturday evenings from 7 to 9 pm april charts indicate friday from 7 to 8 pm and friday and saturday from 10 pm to midnight are the most probable times for an accident many records show saturday from 7 to 8 pan and any day from 11 oclock until midnight are the heaviest june oddly enough has no set period when the majority of accidents happen the 37 that were recorded last june came at various times through the various days of the week saturday afternoons in july are popular as they are in october in august its thurs day friday and saturday from 4 to 8 pjn septembers most mishaps came from 6 to 10 pjn fridays and saturdays the novem ber toll probably influenced by mohawk raceway traffic was heaviest around 11 pm to midpight wednesday to satur day evenings and in decern- ber more accidents happened from friday to sunday 2 to 7 pm than at any other time sgt major carl wildfong of district no 3 headquarters dropped into the milton opp office as the writer was re searching the traffic statistics remarking on the high incid ence of accidents in the camp bellville areajf highway 401 the sgt major explained these maps of accident- locations are very important to the shows its the president mrs norman harris opened with the mary stewart collect and the insti tute ode there was a good attendance at the meeting with the roll wnttbeing a- health hazard and how to over come h the minutes and treasurers report were read and approv ed more plans were made to attend the short course to be held in acton on march 7 and 8 the annual euchres at ss no 8 community centre will begin friday january 13 at 830 pjn and continue every second friday evening letters were read in appreciation of flowers and gifts received by persons during the christmas season the committee for the history of ss no 8 as a centennial project will be sending out letters in the vic inity shortly mrs roy pfaff from the red cross guelph branch show ed two excellent and informa tive sound films on cancer these were of special interest to women and are available to any interested womens group the february meeting will be at the home of mrs harry bonner who will also take charge of the program for the evening a contest was con ducted by mrs shultis and the singiaof the queen clos ed the meeting a lovely lunch the heavhytravclled 401 they w serv during the social lum at koct raw rar nnhnl mbit hbut almost every week at least one and sometimes as many as three officers attend milton court as a result of charges being laldby the local detach- tiieiit jradar fat the cruiser has proven to be of great assist ance and is used frequently resulting in a number of mot orists being stopped and charg ed with traffic violations a number of parking tags jwere placed on illegally parked cars during 1966 resulting in fines to the owners during the year constables conducted several safety lec- tures at local schools and am ong the numerous duties point duty as the result or funerals and other special oc casions with the twoy radio in the cruiser and moni- tor radio in the office mem bers of the local detachment can keepabreast with up-to- theminute reports from head- quarters and other detach ments in spite of their heavy work schedule officers manage to- find spare time off duty to at tend lectures at headquarters to keep up- tcdate on the lat est method of policing nature hike for girl guides the second acton guide company under the leadership of captain lowrie held a na ture hike sunday january 15 the girls walked to limehquse and rambled through the woods a resident of limehouse ac companied the girls into the woods and identified tracks trees and birds for them they sighted a woodefauck pheas ants and a chickadee before they walked home they were treated to hot chocolate and cookies and held a discussion ort what they had seen each girl has to write an essay on their day and the nature sub jects sighted and identified in order to pass her nature test wealthy bachelors have a staff of servants the poor is jnan gets married kipling machine tool ltd to keep pace with our continually expanding program the following vacancies must be filled breaking the law with a police officer looking on so the urge to behave while the cruiser is in sight is an understand able one milton ojpp recognize the high incidence of accidents on keep at least one car patrov- ling their 16 mile stretch of highway at all times 24 hours a day and at peak trafffic per iods extra- cruisers are placed on duty there now why do accidents hap pen that answer is up to the driver inattentive driving in fractions of speed rules im proper passing failure to leave a clear space around you these and other common rea sons blamed- on the motorist are among the main reasons oh sure scoffed a constable some accidents are blamed on the weather or heavy traffic conditions but iri the end isnt it the motorist who is at fault for not adapting his dri ving to the weather and traffic conditions you know hes got a point ahere i the 2480 accidents the 36 fatalities the 959 injured people and the shocking i 344622 in property damage recorded in the north halton area during the last half of a decade speak for themselves 1 mould lead hand mould makers progressive die makers milling machinists all replies will be treated in complete confidence three accidents in datrict limehquse and acton area drivers were involved in three accidents in the north halton area patrolled by milton opp during the past week one driven by robert c blythof rr 1 acton struck a bridge on the guelph line at 20 sideroad wednesday eve ning of last week causing 200 damage a limehouse man donald w cooper was the driver of a car which- went out bit con trol on 20 sideroad near the ninth line saturday striking a house damage to the house was 1000 and a further 1000 damage was estimated for the car a vehicle driven by charles william griese of rr 2 acton received 50 damage and one driven by robert j tuckwell of islington had 225 damage following a collision on high way 7 east of the fourth line esquesing on friday no injurieswere reported in any of the accidents when a trouble spot up the force increases patrols in that area and the time charts are also important when the senior of ficers realize for instance that weekend afternoons in june and july are- producing the heaviest traffic they can step up the highway patrols at the peak traffic flow times and perhaps prevent the high inci dence of accidents its a recognised fact that a marked police patrol car in the area tends to make drivers more aware and perhaps cut down on accidents by acting as visible preventative medic ine not many people try acton opp from january 8 to 14 mem- opjp bers of acton detachment of the ontario provincial police worked a total of 224j4 botfre 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