road casualties


DfT launches new road safety comparison website - but how useful is it?

First glance suggests new site limited when looking at cycling casualties; research portal also launched today

Latest DfT stats show another sharp rise in number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads

Increase of 13 per cent in first 3 months of 2012 follows 11 per cent jump during 2011

Media criticised for misleading coverage of stats showing jump in casualties in 20mph zones

CTC and 20's Plenty for Us say coverage of 24 per cent rise ignored fact there are now more roads with 20mph limit

Is cycling in Great Britain getting safer? We crunch the numbers

We make some very rough and ready calculations based on yesterday's casualty and road traffic stats from the DfT

Lawyer says motorists claiming cyclists "came from nowhere" is an unacceptable excuse

Cambridge solicitor says drivers need to learn how to minimise risk of collisions

DfT statistics show alarming rise in number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads

Number of casualties across all classes of road users continues to fall with only cyclists seeing an increase

BBC graphics chart the death toll on Britain's roads

Meanwhile, reporters live blog from their day following London Ambulance Service

Stunning data visualization highlights the casualty toll on Britain's roads over the past decade

Searchable and zoomable interactive map shows incidents by severity, class of user and age of victim

Number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads stabilises in second quarter

Latest DfT statistics show return to longer-term trends following sharp year-on-year jump in opening quarter

RAC Foundation says more focused spending on roads could prevent thousands of deaths

Road safety charity commissions research that shows how money - and lives - could be saved

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