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New figures show road deaths down

The number of road deaths in Wales has dropped by more than a third over the last decade, according to Welsh Assembly Government statistics.
In 2005, 1,326 people were killed or seriously injured, a reduction of 34% since 1994-98, which is the average baseline for UK Government targets.

The number of children killed or seriously injured was 135 - 53% lower than the 1994-98 average.

The figures are based on road accidents involving reported personal injuries.

In 2005, 75% of all casualties were car, taxi or minibus users and 11% were pedestrians.

People killed or seriously injured -34%
Children killed or seriously injured -53%
Casualties aged 16-25 -7%
Pedestrian casualties -31%
Pedal cyclist casualties -41%

Just five per cent were motorcyclists or moped users and three per cent were cyclists.

Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks, Andrew Davies, said: "The marked reduction in the number of people killed or injured on Welsh roads last year is extremely welcome - and very encouraging.

"The assembly government is striving to achieve a major improvement in road safety in Wales and the figures indicate that we are making significant headway.

"This, of course, should prompt us not to be complacent about road safety, but to redouble our efforts."

Must be the national blow our trumpet week for the SCP.Warks are giving out some weirde figures (as compared to those in ABD,taken from National Stats )

more absurd claims


The most damning item is that about the police hours - when in parts of the county response time is days rather than hours.

The partnership's report for the year April 2005 to March 2006 also estimates the police spent nearly 9,000 hours - the equivalent of about three years' work for one officer - manning mobile safety cameras.

The Telegraph reported in March that one of the nation's top earning speed cameras is on the A45 between Ryton and Stretton.

You're not quite right, they play around with SI's to much.

Link to statistics

Look at all road users at the bottom of the page, K have actually gone up since 2000, 1994-98 are avarage out so you can't compare.

My son was robbed of bank cards & wallet (at a gym in Warks), then had his accounts emptied. Despite the signing in at the gym, the cctv, the cctv in 2 banks and the withdrawal slip with fingerprints on it, oh yes and the thief leaving his mobile number on son and friends phones, what was done about it? Ziltch & 5 months later a letter saying the case had been closed.