FACTS...
(2012)
Great
Britain has one of the best road safety records in Europe and the world. Despite
massive increases in traffic over the last few decades, the number of people
killed on our roads has fallen from around 5,500 per year in the mid 1980s to
well under 1754 in 2012. However, this still means that 5 people die on Britain’s
roads every day.
Reported
road casualties in Great Britain, 2012
Killed – 1,754
Seriously
injured – 23,039
Slightly
injured –
170,930
These
figures are for road accidents in which someone was injured on a public road
and which were reported to the police. Although virtually all fatal road
accidents are reported to the police, it’s known that many involving injury are
not reported even when some of those involved required medical or hospital treatment.
It’s estimated that the total number of road casualties in Great Britain is
between 660,000 and 880,000 per year, with a best estimate of around 730,000. This
includes an estimated 80,000 people who are seriously injured.
(2014)
Road
deaths have increased by 4% compared to the year ending March 2013 to 1,750.
There
were 24,160 killed or seriously injured casualties, a 2% increase compared with
the previous year.
For
the year ending March 2014, there were 189,880 reported road casualties of all
severities, 1% higher than the 188,884 for the year ending March 2013.
Between
January and March 2014, there were 380 road deaths, 13% higher than the same
quarter in 2013. Seriously injured and slightly injured casualties increased by
15/17% respectively.
SEATBELTS
SEATBELTS – Seatbelts
should need no introduction but their importance means they are always worth a
mention. All vehicles should be equipped with rear and front seatbelts that
cross your belly and your shoulders. It’s recommended that all seatbelts are
equipped with locking technology to ensure passengers do not fly forward in
case of a head-on collision or sudden breaking.
Seatbelts
aren’t put in cars to make them look pretty there put in to SAVE life’s.
Around
200 people died each year because they wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
Wearing
a seatbelt saves over 2,200 lives every year. Everyone knows they should wear
seatbelts, but still people don’t always wear them. Maybe they just don’t realise
how dangerous it is not to wear one.
USE OF MOBILE
PHONES
use of mobile phone - using a mobile phone whilst driving means that the driver's attention is distracted from the road.
you are four times more likely to crash if you use a mobile phone whilst driving.
reaction times for drivers using mobile phones is around 50% slower than normal driving.
even careful driver's can be distracted by a call or text - only takes a split seconds lapse in concentration could result in a crash.
more than 3,000 people are killed every year in car crashes caused by the use of mobile phones.
By Beth Lloyd
Written by Unknown
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