The RAC Foundation highlights that Government statistics - derived from police crash reports - show that 981 (63) of the 1,558 road deaths in Britain in 2021 were listed as occurring on rural roads. This definition means roads outside a town or city. In a new report, the RAC Foundation points out: 'However, 649 of these deaths 66 of 981 took place not on the twisting country lanes we might imagine as the typical rural route but on motorways (86 deaths) and A roads (563 deaths.' The motoring charity said that a study carried out on its behalf by consultants Agilysis had taken the first steps in breaking down rural roads into subcategories so that crashes can be better understood, and money better spent to reduce harm.
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