Road Deaths On Britains Roads

Merlin the Magician

Merlin the Magician

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I just see a report on the text that there's been a decrease in road traffic deaths down by 8%(on Britains roads) there were 3.221 in 2004 thats close on 9 deaths a day phew I never realised it was that high and my guess would have been about TWO thousand P/A.
Were you aware it was that high????
 
The 2004 figure was the lowest since they started compiling statistics in 1926. You might think it's high but the UK has a good record for road safety compared with most other EU countries.


The latest year for which all the figures are available is 2001. In that year the United Kingdom had the lowest road death rate in the EU, at 6.1 per 100,000 population. The highest road death rate in the EU was in Portugal, at 21.0 per 100,000 population (in 2000). The UK rate was also substantially lower than those for other industrialised nations such as Japan (7.9 per 100,000 population), Australia (9.0) and the United States (14.8).
 
Originally posted by simmo@Jun 30 2005, 03:44 PM
Speed cameras must be having a positive effect on those figures.
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Still not a justification for the vast majority of them, high proportion of which are not in accident blackspots. If you get one of these tickets, the trick is to just sign and date it without filling any details in. They dont really persue the people who dont co-operate. I`ve got away with four "violations" in the past couple of years.
 
Considering the amount of traffic we have, much on narrow and difficult roads which haven't been widened since 1640, and the amount of really dodgy driving I encournter every time I'm out, I'm surprised it's as low as it is.

We managed 8 in one day here last year, in one accident just outside Brighton, and there are regular fatalities at Handcross, on the way up to Lingfield, where the road is only two lanes on a turning switchback. Great fun to do at a bit of speed if you know how it rides, but plenty of people manage to leave their lanes and inspect the woodlands at close quarters on a regular basis. In their case, as in many cases, it isn't the speed that kills, it's the stupidity.
 
Originally posted by Euronymous+Jul 1 2005, 02:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Euronymous @ Jul 1 2005, 02:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-simmo@Jun 30 2005, 03:44 PM
Speed cameras must be having a positive effect on those figures.
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Still not a justification for the vast majority of them, high proportion of which are not in accident blackspots. If you get one of these tickets, the trick is to just sign and date it without filling any details in. They dont really persue the people who dont co-operate. I`ve got away with four "violations" in the past couple of years. [/b][/quote]
I personally think most cameras are a licence(another form of taxation) to print monies as stated some of these are so situated to do just that!! as accidents invaribly happen where they situate them, only that its a place one would have thought you could safely drive a little faster................



if its deemed an accident blackspot or has an history of smashes ..well yes errect them there, as a detterrent...
 
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