How Safe Are You on Britain's Main Road Network?

摘要

The annual report from the Road Safety Foundation (www. roadsafetvfoundation.org) tracks the safety of the main A-roads where most of Britain's roads deaths are concentrated, and which can be targeted. For the first time, the surveys compare the major route networks which are the responsibilities of different authorities. There were 1,793 reported road deaths in 2017, similar to the level seen since 2011. There were 39% fewer fatalities in 2017 compared with 2007. The trend in the number of fatalities has been broadly flat since 2010. Previously, and particularly between 2006 and 2010, the general trend was for fatalities to fall. Since that point, most of the year on year changes are either explained by one-off causes, for instance, the snow in 2010, or natural variation. The evidence points towards Britain being in a period when the fatality numbers are stable and most of the changes relate to random variation. The number of fatalities in 2017 was constant compared to 1,792 fatalities in 2016 and with no change compared to the 2010-14 average (1,799).