UK reports 10% drop in road deaths
There has been further evidence published to suggest that Britain’s roads have become safer in the past year or so.
Stats from the Department for Transport claim that the number of people killed on UK roads has dropped by 10% in the 12 months before 1 April 2011.
According to DfT’s casualty figures, 1,870 people died between April 10 and March 11, over 200 less than the 2,081 in the same period 12 months before.
A further 22,900 were injured between April 10 and March 11, a drop of 5% on same period prior.
Britain’s less deadly roads could be partly attributed to the 0.7% dip in motor vehicle traffic levels compared to the 12 month period ending March 2010.
As the data is compiled from incidents reported to the police, a spokesperson for DfT admitted flaws within the report.
“Comparisons of road accident reports with death registrations show that very few, if any; road accident fatalities are not reported to the police,” they commented.
“However, it has long been known that a considerable proportion of non-fatal casualties are not known to the police, as hospital, survey and compensation claims data all indicate a higher number of casualties than police accident data would suggest.”
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