RoSPA warns UK road safety progress has come to a grinding halt
There’s a warning the United Kingdom is lagging behind other European countries when it comes to road safety progress in reducing the number of people killed on its roads. The accident prevention charity, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says the latest Global Status Report on Road Safety should be a wakeup call […]
Charity taking on four new staff to keep up with UK’s staggering road deaths and injuries
For a business, an expanding workforce and an increased demand for services is a sign of success, but for a charity supporting road crash victims, it’s not a good sign. RoadPeace, the national charity for road crash victims, sees the recruitment of additional staff members as highlighting what it calls the staggering number of people […]
Study details relative effects of road safety initiatives in reducing crashes
A scientific journal has shared details of an in-depth study into the effects of interventions for preventing road traffic crashes by analysing a series of reviews over a number of years. BMC Public Health identified 35 systematic reviews from high-income countries which found that improving the sobriety of drivers was a key factor in reducing […]