TfL hails stats showing drop in London’s road deaths

Transport for London has published its 2023 Casualties in Greater London report that shows when comparing 2023 data with the 2010-14 baseline, fatalities have reduced by 30% (from 136 to 95) in London compared to seven per cent for the rest of Great Britain (from 1,663 to 1,550), and serious injuries have decreased by 24% […]

Decrease in number of people killed on Scotland’s roads

Transport Scotland Statisticians today released provisional figures for road casualties in 2023, which showed a drop in the number of people killed on Scotland’s roads compared with 2022, but an overall an increase in the total number of casualties. One hundred and fifty-five people were killed in reported road collisions in Scotland in 2023, 16 fewer […]

Bereaved parents demand Government action on deaths from young driver crashes

A group of 40 bereaved parents are demanding immediate action to tackle the unacceptable and disproportionately high number of young driver and passenger deaths on UK roads. The parents, whose sons and daughters were all killed by cars driven by young drivers, have formed a campaigning group called Forget-me-not Families Uniting, calling on the Government to […]

Somerset Road Safety Team launches campaign following ‘disturbing’ rise in road deaths

Dangerous driving behaviours are the focus of a new Somerset Council campaign aimed at reducing fatal collisions on the county’s roads. The Fatal Five campaign, backed by Avon and Somerset Police and led by Somerset Council’s Road Safety Team, highlights the key behaviours which can contribute to serious or fatal collisions. Tragically, 30 people died […]

County sees zero fatalities so far this year

Road safety officials in Lincolnshire are cautiously welcoming statistics that show nobody has been killed on the county’s roads so far this year. They say that usually around 50 people a year suffer a road-related death in the county, and by the end of February last year five had lost their lives. News website TheLinc […]

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