Call to include work-related RTAs in official statistics
A health and safety body is urging the Government to incorporate work-related road traffic accidents into official statistics. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) made the call on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. IOSH wants to see work-related RTAs recorded and recognised under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous […]
Accident death toll unacceptable price to pay for mobility
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for more to be done to improve road safety in a message issued in advance of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, which is to be observed on 20th November. The message reports that each day nearly 3,500 people die on the roads, tens of […]
Higher risk of accidents on UK roads
Europe’s largest organisation of engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), says the loss of focus brought about by the removal of road safety targets could lead to more road traffic accidents in different parts of the country. Targets set in 2000 by the government led directly to a fall in road deaths of […]
Welcome for dangerous driving proposals
Road safety charity Brake has welcomed Government proposals to create a new criminal offence of ‘causing serious injury by dangerous driving’. Those convicted of the offence could spend up to five years in jail. For the vast majority of other dangerous driving cases, the maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment provides the courts with sufficient […]
Scottish Safety Camera statistics
Scotland’s Chief Statistician has announced the release of Key Scottish Safety Camera Statistics 2010. This publication reports statistics relating to road traffic casualties and offences at safety camera sites (speed cameras and red-light cameras) in Scotland. The main findings are:
Drink drivers still a serious threat on Scotland’s roads
The latest figures released by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) have shown that the message to motorists about the dangers of driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs does not appear to be getting through. As part of ACPOS’ annual summer campaign, police forces across Scotland have been carrying […]
Personal injury claims by minors
Recent research from Ireland has shown that children aged 3 – 7 years are over three times more likely to have an accident that results in a personal injury claim than infants aged 3 or less. The study, carried out by InjuriesBoard.ie, also found that childhood accidents were more than twice as likely to occur […]
Government cracks down on uninsured drivers
Motorists are being warned to insure their vehicles ahead of a new crackdown to tackle the menace of uninsured driving and reduce the number of road traffic accidents. Under the new Continuous Insurance Enforcement law – which will affect all motorists from 20th June – it is an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather […]