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Accident target hit early
Published on 28/01/2008
CUMBRIA has come in under the Government’s Killed and Serious Injury (KSI) target in 2007 – three years ahead of the 2010 schedule.
Figures, which have yet to be audited by the Department for Transport, show that last year there were 318 killed and serious injury (KSI) casualties against a 2007 target of 377. The Government’s 2010 target was for a maximum of 333 KSI casualties.
County councillor Ian Stewart, responsible for road safety, said: “Last April brought a warm, early spring and one of the worst KSI totals for a single month for many years.
“However, continued effort from the Safer Roads for Cumbria partners and a change in working patterns by the safety camera team has turned this around, no mean feat when you consider the uphill struggle we faced not to exceed the 2010 target of 333 KSIs but to reach the figure of 377 set for 2007.
“More important than the work put in by road safety professionals is the fact that the general public is seemingly taking on board key messages about safer driving and putting them into practice.
“Although we have one of the lowest fatality totals for years we cannot be complacent; 44 dead on our roads is totally unacceptable and, in the majority of cases, totally preventable.
“As in previous years the majority of deaths on the roads involve local people who are dying on roads they know – or think they know.”
Last year, 33 fatalities were Cumbrian residents and there were 11 deaths from visiting motorists.
In 2006, 47 Cumbrians died compared to 12 from outside the county.
One of the key areas of success was the reduction in the number of young drivers and passengers killed in 2007.
In 2006 there were 15 fatalities in the 16-20 year old age group; in 2007 there were five. In the 16-25 year old age group there was a 42 per cent reduction in KSIs compared to 2006 (11 against 19).
One area of no improvement over the last two years has been those fatal casualties resulting from crashes involving motorcyclists.
During 2006 there were 13 (22 per cent of all 2006 fatal casualties) and in 2007 there were 11 such casualties (25 per cent of all 2007 fatal casualties. In 2005 there was just one motorcycle death.
However, the trend with motorcycle KSIs has veered away from the majority being from outside Cumbria to a rise in “home grown” casualties seemingly involving the use of 500cc-plus vehicles being used for commuting.
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