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RoSPA welcomes fall in road deaths and injuries
Figures revealing that the number of people killed and injured on the road has fallen to the lowest number since records began have been welcomed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
But the charity has warned that more needs to be done to ensure the number of road deaths and serious injuries are reduced further.
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) road casualty figures for Great Britain in 2013, published today, show that road deaths fell by 2 per cent compared to 2012, to 1,713, while the number of people seriously injured dropped by 6 per cent to 21,657.
The report highlights that there was also a fall in the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed. A total of 109 cyclists died in 2013, a decrease of 8 per cent, and pedestrian fatalities fell by 5 per cent to 398. However, there was a slight increase of 1 per cent in motorcyclist deaths, which rose to 331 in 2013.
Nick Lloyd, RoSPA’s road safety manager, said: “The overall reduction in road deaths is welcome news but everyone associated with road safety should renew their efforts to make our roads even safer.
“Let’s remember that every death on the road is a tragedy we should try and avoid.”
View report : https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358035/rrcgb2013-00.pdf
