Organisation: RAC Foundation & PACTS
Date uploaded: 8th October 2015
Date published/launched: September 2015
It includes a recent survey of 34 English local authorities highlighted concerns about road safety delivery. 85% of those who responded thought the changes in road safety resources and capacity since 2010 have had had a negative impact; 76% think changes in national leadership and strategy have been detrimental, while 60% rated progress in road safety overall as poor.
The report also highlights how despite the general downward trend in death and injury on the roads over the past five years, progress has varied dramatically across the UK. Compared with the 2005-9 average (the government’s baseline for monitoring progress) by 2013 there had been a 19% reduction in the in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) across the UK.
However, while in London there has been a 40% reduction in KSIs, the reduction in Northern Ireland is 34%, in Scotland 31% and in Wales just 6%. Across England (excluding London) the reduction is 17%.
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