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At Clearview Traffic, we were pleased to see a decrease in road fatalities according to the release of 2012 Road Casualty Statistics for Great Britain equating to 147 fewer lives being lost – but what do the statistics really tell us about road safety in the UK last year?
According to the report published last Thursday, during 2012 there were 1,754 fatalities as compared to 1,901 in 2011 – this still adds up to nearly five deaths per day, or 146 people every month, on Britain’s roads.
Looking more closely at the figures, we noticed that a number of key areas that are bucking the overall downward trend:
The report that follows these headline statistics in September should provide greater context to the figures, and enable us to look at causes and effects.
In previous years, for example, night-time road accidents have represented a disproportionately large amount of accidents resulting in serious injuries or fatalities. Clearly, more needs to be done to prevent accidents at both local and national levels.
The additional funding outlined in the recent spending review provides hope for the future, but it needs to be tackled now.
The 2011 ‘Simple Measures Save Lives’ report from the Road Safety Foundation outlines simple steps, including better delineation from products such as our innovativeSolarLite active LED road studs.
You can see our short video samples of these products in use here.
If you’d like more information on any of our road safety innovations or how our award-winning road safety schemes could improve your most hazardous roads, please contact us here.
Author: |Date Published: July 2013
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