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Lancashire, Kent & Cumbria worst counties for cutting road casualties

The road safety charity’s research found that in Lancashire 72 more people were killed or seriously injured in 2013 compared to the previous year; in Kent it was 70 more and Cumbria 43 more.

In contrast, the top three areas for reductions are Nottinghamshire, Tower Hamlets and Chester/Chester West; with some 98, 81 and 78 fewer people respectively killed or seriously injured on the roads in these local authority areas in 2013 compared to 2012.

Simon Best, chief executive of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: ‘Figures will always vary from year to year but the wide variations do suggest that some councils are much better at putting measures in place that are having a marked difference in reducing the numbers of deaths and serious injuries on their roads.

‘As the economy improves spending on road safety must be seen as a priority across the whole of the UK with clear strategies in place to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads. Even one death or injured person on our roads is one too many,’ he added.

The top and bottom ten authorities, with numbers of killed or seriously injured in 2013 compared to the previous year, are as follows:

Reported KSI casualties by local authority area (2012/2013): 

Biggest reductions:

Local authority area

2013

2012

Difference

Nottinghamshire

345

443

-98

Tower Hamlets

87

168

-81

Chester West and Chester

136

214

-78

Suffolk

291

362

-71

Hackney

83

147

-64

Staffordshire

165

221

-56

Islington

71

122

-51

Greenwich

28

73

-45

Gloucestershire

213

255

-42

Redbridge

51

93

-42

 

Biggest increases

Local authority area

2013

2012

Difference

Lancashire

642

570

72

Kent

594

524

70

Cumbria

239

196

43

Norfolk

392

352

40

East Sussex

339

305

34

Rotherham

113

86

27

Wirral

126

99

27

Surrey

599

574

25

Worcestershire

186

162

24

Hampshire

706

684

22

 

 

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Written by Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.

Natalie edits all the Fleet World websites and newsletters, and loves to hear about any latest industry news.

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