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26/06/2008
Roads Deaths Fall By 7%, Figures Reveal
The number of fatalities on Britain's roads has fallen by 7% last year, according to figures released today.
The Department of Transport has published national statistics on road casualties in the UK in 2007.
According to the findings, the number of people killed in road accidents fell by 7% from 3,172 in 2006 to 2,943 in 2007.
It was also revealed that 30,720 people were killed or seriously injured in 2007, 4% lower than in 2006. There were 247,780 road casualties in the UK in 2007, 4% less than in 2006.
Child casualties fell by 7% and the number of children killed or seriously injured in 2007 was 3,090 - down 6% on 2006.
Of those, 1,800 were pedestrians, 6% down on 2006. 121 children died on the roads, 28% fewer than in 2006.
In 2000, the Government announced a new road safety strategy and set new targets for reducing casualties by 2010.
The Government wants to see a 40% reduction in the people killed or seriously injured in road accidents compared with the average for 1994-98 and a 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured.
Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said that "the figures are extremely encouraging" and show that "for the first time since records begin 1926 the number of people killed on our roads has fallen below 3,000".
However, he said that "far too many people are still dying" and that the government will continue to "do everything" it can to "improve road safety and reduce the numbers of people killed or injured".
It is understood that a significant proportion of non-fatal injury accidents are not reported to the police - according to research conducted on behalf of the Department in the 1990s.
The Department is continuing to undertake further research to investigate whether the levels of reporting have changed.
(DS)
The Department of Transport has published national statistics on road casualties in the UK in 2007.
According to the findings, the number of people killed in road accidents fell by 7% from 3,172 in 2006 to 2,943 in 2007.
It was also revealed that 30,720 people were killed or seriously injured in 2007, 4% lower than in 2006. There were 247,780 road casualties in the UK in 2007, 4% less than in 2006.
Child casualties fell by 7% and the number of children killed or seriously injured in 2007 was 3,090 - down 6% on 2006.
Of those, 1,800 were pedestrians, 6% down on 2006. 121 children died on the roads, 28% fewer than in 2006.
In 2000, the Government announced a new road safety strategy and set new targets for reducing casualties by 2010.
The Government wants to see a 40% reduction in the people killed or seriously injured in road accidents compared with the average for 1994-98 and a 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured.
Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said that "the figures are extremely encouraging" and show that "for the first time since records begin 1926 the number of people killed on our roads has fallen below 3,000".
However, he said that "far too many people are still dying" and that the government will continue to "do everything" it can to "improve road safety and reduce the numbers of people killed or injured".
It is understood that a significant proportion of non-fatal injury accidents are not reported to the police - according to research conducted on behalf of the Department in the 1990s.
The Department is continuing to undertake further research to investigate whether the levels of reporting have changed.
(DS)
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