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Number of bad crashes on roads falling

The number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads has fallen by 40 per cent since 1997.
Figures released yesterday showed that between 1995 and 1997 the number of people killed or seriously injured in Leicestershire and Rutland averaged 577 a year.
By 2010 that number had fallen to 351.

Chief Constable Simon Cole said: "We are pleased as this is a significant reduction but we will not be complacent.
"It does show that the partnership we have created is effective and has reaped benefits in improving road safety and bringing down the number of people killed and hurt on our roads."
He said Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership, which includes councils and the emergency services, would continue to try to bring the figures down further.
The figures also showed a drop of more than 50 per cent in the number of children killed and seriously injured, from 72 to 35.
The number of slight injuries suffered fell by more than 25 per cent, from 4,357 to 3,161.

Lesley Pendleton, Leicestershire County Council's spokeswoman for environment and transport, said: "This achievement is testament to the wide-ranging work of the partnership, including safety cameras and information and training for road users.
"However, there are still too many lives lost and families devastated through road crashes so we need to continue to help everyone to use roads safely."

Mark Wills, the city council's head of transport strategy, said: "The road safety partnership has played a key role in reducing casualties.
"Fixed and mobile speed cameras in the city have had a very positive effect."

Aman Mehra, from Rutland County Council, said: "The partnership continues to work to reduce casualties.
"Deployment of the safety camera vans continues to have a positive impact."

Leicestershire and Rutland road casualty rates fall

The number of fatal and serious accidents on Leicestershire and Rutland roads has fallen by 40% over the past 10 years, new figures have revealed.

Leicestershire Police said 351 people were killed or injured in 2010 compared with 577 a decade earlier.

The force said the latest figures also showed a reduction of more than 50% in the number of children killed or seriously injured in the same period.
Rutland County Council said speed cameras had helped improve road safety.

Mobile cameras
Slight injury road casualties fell by more than 25% from 4,357 to 3,161.

Aman Mehra, of Rutland County Council, said: "The Road Safety Partnership continues to work tirelessly to reduce Rutland's road casualties.
"Deployment of the safety camera vans at sites in Rutland suffering from speed and collisions continues to have a positive road safety impact."
Simon Cole, Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, said: "Reducing road casualties is a key aim of the force.
"The Road Safety Partnership continues to introduce excellent initiatives that have impacted greatly on the casualty rate.
"This work will continue in 2011 and beyond with a view to cutting road casualties even further."

Not if you remain in office long enough ! This Country experiences 'recession years' at the end/beginning of every decade certainly since the 70's ... (some worse than others) so it is of no 'surprise' then that we have had / ending another one, and we know that crashes, and fatalities are lower during these periods.