Spending cuts could cause more deaths on the roads
Posted by Fiona Birkwood
The government's proposed cuts to road safety funding could lead to more accidents taking place on the UK's roads.
This is according to a number of road safety organisations, which have drawn up a briefing document aimed at local authority chief executives to help them ensure their spending priorities protect their communities.
Called Making it Count, the guidance document has been jointly produced by a number of organisations, including the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (Pacts), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and Road Safety Great Britain.
Robert Gifford, executive director of Pacts, said: "The joint publication of this document shows how important cutting death and injury on our roads is to the quality of life in communities in Great Britain."
He went on to say that the government needs to continue investing in road safety in times of "economic restraint".
On the topic of road safety, a survey conducted by Brake and Direct Line recently found that 36 per cent of Brits break the 30mph speed limit at least once a week and 72 per cent have broken it in the last year.
