In 1958 more than one-and-a-half million people were admitted to hospital as the result of accidents in the home, at work, or on the roads, and the figures for road accidents are still rising.
Can the existing Medical Services deal adequately with this ever-growing problem?
In tonight's programme, which comes from the Birmingham Accident Hospital, doctors and surgeons investigate the need for the creation of a co-ordinated Accident Service throughout the country.