Fourteen people will die and 230 will be maimed in the next 11 days unless more care is exercised on the roads. Road Transport Commissioner Neale said yesterday that this was the accident toll last year from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day - and it was a low average. Five were killed on Christmas Eve, three on Boxing Day. The road death roll in 1946 was 508 lives. So far 1947 accidents have claimed 493 deaths. Factors against accident reduction this year are: There are four consecutive holiday this Christmas season. December 21, 1947.