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Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around.
75 years ago: 3 July 1928
The government released the Metropolitan Police's 1927 traffic census into London motor traffic. Among the findings were that the number of fatal road accidents in London had risen to 1,056—up from only 840 in 192.5; the main cause was pedestrians crossing the road without due care. The survey also showed that traffic volume increased 2.43% on the 1926 census largely due to an increase in heavy motorcars.
50 years ago: 3 July 1953
The British Transport Commission said that tonnage carried and miles travelled by British Road Services (BR 5) continued at a lower level than the previous year but revenue was still well maintained. In the first 20 weeks of the year, B RS carried r.6m tonnes less than in the comparable period of 1952 and covered 21.4M fewer miles. This year's tonnage figure was 15.3m and the mileage 262.1m.
25 years ago: 30 June 1978
The Road Haulage and Freight Transport Associations slammed a report on the haulage industry by Transport zoo°, saying it was "railway propaganda" and a "myriad of distortions and half truths". In its report, A Load On Your Mind, the environmental group claimed: "Britain is now paying more in real terms for moving less freight than it was to years ago." The RHA said that the group had ignored evidence that consignors "anxious to avoid rail's inevitable transhipment and choosing to use lorries' superior quality of service act commercially and send 90% of their goods byroad". The FTA added that the group was using "a curious logic" which ignored many factors taken into account by trade and industry when planning distribution.