Great news this month, the number of people killed in road accidents in Great Britain fell last year by 1% as part of a 5% overall reduction in road casualties.Similarily road deaths have fallen by 4% to 1,612, and the number seriously injured fell by 2% to 12,642. These are the latest figures released from the Department for Transport.
Viewed from a longer-term perspective, the number of people killed or seriously injured was 33% below the 1994-98 average. The Government's target is to have the figures for deaths and serious injuries down to 40% below 1994-98 levels by 2010.
Department of Transport web site
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