PACTS manifesto calls for life-saving strategies
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) has coordinated a groundbreaking manifesto calling for immediate and strategic action to address the persistent issue of road fatalities and serious injuries in the UK. With support from more than 33 leading organisations and growing by the day, the manifesto outlines four strategic priorities aimed at revolutionising road […]
Those in London’s most deprived areas twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured in road collisions
Transport for London has published a report on inequalities on the road network suggesting that deprivation, gender, age and mode of transport all have a significant impact on the risk of being killed or seriously injured in a collision. The report finds that in London the more deprived the area, the higher the risk that […]
National Highways publishes road safety review
National Highways has published its latest casualty figures for the Strategic Road Network covering the year 2020. The figures show that in 2020, the number of those killed or seriously injured onthe SRN fell notably following fluctuations since 2012. This can in part be attributed to lower traffic flows during Covid lockdowns. This pattern has […]