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Posted by 'kudos' on 11 Mar 2009 @ 23:39

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"UK no longer leading the way in road safety

An international panel of road safety experts, which includes members of Loughborough University’s Vehicle Safety Research Centre (VSRC), says the UK is no longer leading the way in road safety in Europe.

A comparison of UK road safety performance with that of other European countries reveals that progress in the UK on reducing road deaths is slower than in other top performing countries. Data from 2006 put the UK in sixth place in Europe for road deaths per million population (source: CARE and national statistics). The top five European countries in 2006 with the fewest road deaths per million population were: Malta, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway.

Today (Thursday 14 June) 30 distinguished experts and state representatives gathered in London for a high-level debate on UK road safety in the European context. The event has been organised by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the VSRC as part of the ETSC’s Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) programme.

The PIN programme is a new policy instrument to help EU Member States in improving road safety. By comparing Member States’ performance, it serves to identify and promote best practice in Europe and ultimately create a road transport system that offers the maximum safety.

The experts’ discussion was based on the findings of the first road safety PIN Report as well as the Department for Transport’s (DfT) three-year review. The UK does not hold a top position in any of the road safety rankings presented by the ETSC. In summary:

* The UK has made little progress on reducing road deaths between 2001 and 2005. It has reached a seven percent reduction over this period, compared to around 25 percent in Sweden and the Netherlands, and 35 percent in France.
* Numbers of drink driving deaths in the UK have remained high over the last decade and have actually risen in relation to other deaths. This is also the case in six other countries.
* Mean driving speed in the UK has decreased over the last ten years by nine percent on urban roads. There has also been a three percent reduction in the mean speed on 70 mph all-purpose roads, but mean speed on 60 mph roads has increased by nine percent since 2001. It is only in France, Belgium and Switzerland that speed reductions have been recorded on all types of road in recent years.
* Seat belt use in the UK in the front seat of cars and vans is high at 90 percent (2005) but not as high as in the top three countries France, Germany and Malta.

Professor Pete Thomas from Loughborough’s VSRC is a member of the PIN Steering Group. Speaking about its latest findings he said: “The UK has been a leader in road and vehicle safety for many years helping to set the standard for Europe. Progress in reducing road deaths has slowed and the UK has to develop more innovative solutions and apply them.”

Professor Richard Allsop, ETSC board member and Chairman of the PIN programme, added: “Much road safety policy and practice in the UK is good, but these comparisons with our fellow-Europeans come as a........

WAKE UP CALL to anyone tempted to acquiesce in present levels of death and injury on our roads – perhaps especially those concerned with priorities for law-enforcement.”

Robert Gifford, Executive Director of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, said: “This objective analysis of the performance of the UK reminds us of how much more progress we need to make.

WE USED to claim that we had the safest roads in Europe. That claim is no longer matched in reality. The UK clearly needs to do much more to reclaim its position at the top of the EU road safety league.”

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John by 'TanglerTKM' (27 Mar 2009 @ 0:22)

Re: Tangler - I wish by 'JohnClucas' (27 Mar 2009 @ 7:01)

Re: Tangler - I wish by 'DanTheK1RaceGearMan' (27 Mar 2009 @ 7:52)

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John & Dan by 'TanglerTKM' (27 Mar 2009 @ 18:35)

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JOhn by 'TanglerTKM' (27 Mar 2009 @ 20:20)

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Re: Dan - we ha' loved speed humps by 'JohnClucas' (27 Mar 2009 @ 19:21)

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John by 'itpro' (27 Mar 2009 @ 23:42)

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Re: --- John by 'TanglerTKM' (28 Mar 2009 @ 23:16)

Re: ---Tangler by 'JohnClucas' (29 Mar 2009 @ 19:37)

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Re: --- Tangler by 'itpro' (29 Mar 2009 @ 2:38)

Re: --- Glad you agree with me itpro by 'JohnClucas' (29 Mar 2009 @ 20:01)

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Roadrat by 'TanglerTKM' (29 Mar 2009 @ 22:16)

Re: Roadrat by 'RoadRat' (29 Mar 2009 @ 22:42)

Re: Roadrat by 'DanTheK1RaceGearMan' (30 Mar 2009 @ 8:20)

Re: Dan by 'TanglerTKM' (31 Mar 2009 @ 0:01)

Re: Dan by 'RoadRat' (31 Mar 2009 @ 8:35)

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Re:Which facts were those? by 'JohnClucas' (29 Mar 2009 @ 19:26)

Re:Which facts were those? by 'itpro' (01 Apr 2009 @ 1:53)

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