According to the Department for Transport figures recently shared, UK road deaths dropped for the first time in eight years, in 2020, because of the traffic reduction caused by the pandemic. 1,472 road deaths were reported in 2020, compared to 1,748 in 2019.
According to Neil Greg, representing the road safety charity IAM, “These results are not unexpected. The reductions in deaths and serious injuries on roads are obviously related to the global pandemic and resulting Lockdowns. We need UK Government to show real leadership and push road safety up the political agenda if we are to see real, sustainable return of year-on-year improvements.
While the reduction in deaths comes after 8 years of flat lining with no improvement in Britain’s road safety performance it means we are now bottom of the international league for rate of improvement. However, 2020 presents an opportunity for the Government to get its new road safety strategy in place and ‘build back safer’ for all road users.”
The UK Government has also reported an estimated 23,486 killed or seriously injured casualties in 2020, also a decrease of 22% compared to the same period in 2019, with total casualties falling by 25% to 115,333, when compared to 2019.
Transport for London (TfL) published its own data, showing the number of people killed or seriously injured on London's roads fell by 21% over the year compared to 2019 data. Despite the decreases, 96 people were killed and 2,974 suffered serious injuries on the Capital’s roads during 2020.
Transpoco Telematics mission has remained the same: To provide real value to our customers and help them protect their people and their fleet at the highest level. Our promise to our clients is that these results can be achieved without additional management resources. As they are often too busy to make the decisions they need to grow their business, we decided to develop a solution that gives them expert results without any effort! Call us on +353 (0)1 905 3881 (IE) +44 808 168 6825 (UK) or email sales@transpoco.com
