Deaths on UK roads fall
Date: 26 June 2008
The death toll for UK roads has fallen to the lowest level since records began, it has emerged.
According to a Press Association report, total fatalities in 2007 were seven per cent lower than in the previous year, at 2,943 - with deaths and serious injuries down in all categories of road user except motorcyclists, which could mean that couriers are safer on the UK's roads.
Department for Transport statistics show that 30,720 people were killed or seriously injured in 2007 four per cent fewer than in 2006.
Commenting on these figures, road safety minister Jim Fitzpatrick said they were "extremely encouraging".
"We've cut the number of people killed or seriously injured each year by more than a third since the mid-1990s. That means almost 17,000 fewer deaths or serious injuries on our roads last year," he added.
This follows news from Insurance.co.uk claiming the UK's roads are an accident waiting to happen.
A survey conducted by the company highlighted that 52 per cent of road users do not think they would pass their driving test if forced to retake it now.
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