Seventy-six people were killed on Israel’s roads during July and 330 others were seriously injured in road accidents, according to official figures issued here. The June figures were 61 deaths and 272 injuries. Deaths and serious injuries rose by about 20 percent. The number of accidents rose some 14 percent in July compared to June. But the overall total for this year is still down by some four percent for the same seven-month period of 1973.
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