1. REVIEW OF PROGRESS TOWARDS THE 2010 CASUALTY REDUCTION TARGETS

This article shows progress towards the UK Government's causalty reduction targets for Great Britain and reviews the main trends in road casualties in 2003 compared with earlier years. Compared with the 1994-8 average, the number of people killed or seriously injured in 2003 was 22% lower, the number of children killed or seriously injured was 40% lower, the slight casualty rate was 16% lower, the number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured was 8% lower and the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured was 35% lower. The totall cost-benefit value of prevention of road accidents in 2003 was estimated to be 18094 million, of which 13083 million is attirbutable to personal injury accidents. Accidents on roads in built-up areas were less severe than those on other roads and accounted for less than half the value on non built-up roads. The overall motor insurance claim rate decreased by 5% in 2002 but all risk groups saw rises in the average claim amount.

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  STATIONERY OFFICE

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• Authors:
  • STATHAM, D
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 7-23
• Serial:
  • ROAD CASUALTIES GREAT BRITAIN: 2003 - ANNUAL REPORT
  • Publisher: STATIONERY OFFICE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Crash rates; Crash severity; Cyclists; Improvements; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrians; Prevention; Safety; Statistics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1758: Child; 1742: Cyclist; 9009: Decrease; 9108: Improvement; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 6555: Statistics; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00981092
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-11-552613-7
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 3 2004 12:00AM