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November worst month for accidents

Posted by Will Dracott on Friday, November 9, 2012, In : Motoring news

NEW FIGURES show that the average number of road accidents reported in November rises dramatically by 1,168 over an average month to 14,908 - raising fresh concerns over the longer periods of darkness facing drivers.

The research by Halfords which examined official accident figures from the Department for Transport between 2007 and 2011 also highlights that November the 19th is the worst day for accidents with a reported 532 accidents.

Halfords undertook the study using DfT figures as well as a...
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Report reveals socio-economic road accident divide

Posted by Will Dracott on Saturday, November 3, 2012, In : Motoring news

GREATER effort should be made to educate poorer socio-economic groups about road safety, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

In a policy paper entitled Social Factors in Road Safety, RoSPA looked at social factors including where people involved in accidents live and their family circumstances.

The organisation found, among other things, that children in families in the lowest income bracket cross 50% more roads than families in the highest. According to the ...
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Potholes

Posted by Will Dracott on Friday, May 7, 2010,

Extent of potholes revealed

More than one in ten drivers has had an accident after swerving to avoid a pothole, a survey has revealed.

More than half of drivers think the condition of the UK's roads is unacceptable, while 58 percent believe that the next Government should make road repairs a main priority.

Britain's roads descended into pothole chaos during the Christmas 2009 snowstorms. It's only now that the full extent of the damage it's causing is becoming clear.

In February 2010 ...

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