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06/10/2004
NI road deaths down 18%
The number of people killed and seriously injured on Northern Ireland’s roads has dropped according to latest figures.
The first Annual Report on the Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy 2002–2012, released today, showed an 18% reduction of deaths and serious injuries on Northern Ireland’s roads in 2003, against the average over the period from 1996 to 2000. During the same period, the number of children killed or seriously injured fell by 31%.
Environment Minister Angela Smith said: “I am very encouraged by what was achieved during the first year of the Road Safety Strategy. This shows that DOE and its partners, DRD and PSNI are on the right track.
“But we cannot be complacent. There are too many people being killed or seriously injured on our roads and there is a long way to go to achieve the targets set out in the Road Safety Strategy. DOE, DRD and the PSNI are working hard to ensure that the achievements over the first year published in the Annual Report, will be built upon over the next year and beyond."
The Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy was published on November 6 2002. Included in the strategy is a target to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 33% and a further target of a 50% reduction in the numbers of children killed and seriously injured from the average for the period from 1996 to 2000.
(MB)
The first Annual Report on the Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy 2002–2012, released today, showed an 18% reduction of deaths and serious injuries on Northern Ireland’s roads in 2003, against the average over the period from 1996 to 2000. During the same period, the number of children killed or seriously injured fell by 31%.
Environment Minister Angela Smith said: “I am very encouraged by what was achieved during the first year of the Road Safety Strategy. This shows that DOE and its partners, DRD and PSNI are on the right track.
“But we cannot be complacent. There are too many people being killed or seriously injured on our roads and there is a long way to go to achieve the targets set out in the Road Safety Strategy. DOE, DRD and the PSNI are working hard to ensure that the achievements over the first year published in the Annual Report, will be built upon over the next year and beyond."
The Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy was published on November 6 2002. Included in the strategy is a target to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 33% and a further target of a 50% reduction in the numbers of children killed and seriously injured from the average for the period from 1996 to 2000.
(MB)
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