Communications and transit > Committee for the unification of statistics relating to road traffic accidents

[Communicated to the Council
and the Members of the League.]
Official No. : C. 276. M. 179. 1937- VIII.
[C.G.T./C.R./U.S. 17(1).]
Geneva, May 28th, 1937.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ORGANISATION FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSIT
COMMITTEE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF STATISTICS RELATING
TO ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
REPORT ON THE FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS
OF THE COMMITTEE.
The Committee was composed as follows :
M. J. Boulloche, Director of Roads, French Ministry of Public Works, Chairman ,
Mr. A. E. Kirkus, Director of Statistics, Ministry of Iransport, Great Britain ,
M. A. Molinari,1 Director-General of the Central Statistical Institute, Italy ,
M. C. FI. Steenstrup, Secretary of the Statistics Department of the Danish Ministry
of Finance ;
M. E. Zdrubek, Head of the Communications Section of the Austrian Federal Police
Headquarters.
The following also attended :
For the International Statistical Institute :
Dr. J. H. van Zanten, Ex-Director of the City of Amsterdam Statistical Office, Rappor¬
teur to the Committee of the Institute on Uniformity in Road Accident Statistics.
For the International Association of Recognised Automobile Clubs :
Colonel G. Peron, Secretary-General (at the first session) ;
M. J. PIansez, President of the International Committee on Road Iraffic and Customs
(at the second session).
For the Permanent International Commission for First Aid on Roads :
Dr. P. Behague, Secretary-General of the National Union of Tourist Associations, Paris,
President of the Permanent International Commission (at the first session).
For the League of Red Cross Societies :
Major Petersen, Chief of the First-Aid Section (at the first session).
For the International Tourist Alliance :
M. Paul Duchaine, Secretary General (at the first session) ;
M. E. Delaquis, Director of the Swiss Touring Club, Professor at the University of
Geneva (at the second session).
For the International Labour Office :
Mr. J. W. Nixon, Chief of the Statistical Section ;
Mr. R. M. Woodbury, Member of the Statistical Section (at the second session).
Secretary : Mme. E. Lehmann, Member of the Communications and Iransit Section.
The Committee held two sessions. The first on September 7th to 10th, 1936 : the second
on May 3rd to 6th, 1937.
After studying the documents compiled by the Secretariat (Annex I),2 and after delibera¬
tion, the Committee arrived at the following conclusions :
1. The Committee considers that, if unification of road traffic accident statistics is to be
attained, it is necessary that each country should keep a record of road accidents and compile
statistics on the basis of such records.
1 M. Molinari was present only at the first session of the Committee.
* Annex I is printed separately.
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