Cllr Tony Orgee of Cambridgeshire County Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council
Number of people seriously injured on Cambridgeshire’s roads continues to drop
Sunday, January 27, 2013
10:00 AM
THE number of people seriously injured on Cambridgeshire’s roads has continued to drop, figures have revealed.
There were 262 people seriously injured in road accidents between December 1, 2011, and November 30, 2012 - down from 311 in 2011.
But there was a slight increase in the number of people killed on the roads in the same period - with 28 deaths compared to 26.
Cambridgeshire County Council, which compiled the statistics, has targeted enforcement action, education and driver training in an effort to reduce the accidents.
The council has focused on “vulnerable groups” including young drivers as well as considering road loayout improvements.
Councillor Tony Orgee, cabinet member for community infrastructure, said: “All deaths and injuries on Cambridgeshire’s roads are a tragedy and the county council and other agencies across the county are committed to doing everything they can to improve road safety to keep the number of fatal and serious injury accidents falling in future years.
“This reduction is very welcome and all agencies across Cambridgeshire will do everything they can to continue the downward trend.
“At the same time I would ask all road users to do their bit, to treat each other with respect and drive, ride or walk with care on Cambridgeshire’s roads.”
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The reduced casualty figures are very encouraging, and, despite the small increase in the number of fatalities for the county, from 26, to 28, for 2012 compared to 2011, the figure remains quite similar to the previous year, certainly when compared to the increase from 19 to 36 RTA fatalities for the same periods, in neighbouring Northamptonshire. We know, however, that Fenland residents have long tended to be at far greater risk of death due to road accidents than their counterparts in the rest of the county. In 2011, they were over twice as likely to suffer an RTA death as those in the rest of Cambs and P'boro, and the young road user population were the second most likely in the whole of the UK to have an accident. It would therefore be interesting to know what the breakdown of the latest county 'KSI' statistics is, by Local Authority Area. Graham Chappell Campaign Organiser The Fenland Road Safety Campaign (Charlotte's Way)
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Graham Chappell
Sunday, January 27, 2013