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Britain Ranked Sixth In The World For Road Safety
Tue, 23 Jun 2009

Britain’s roads are behind five other countries when it comes to safety, according to a new chart of countries with the lowest road death rates.

Published in the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) motoring facts report, the chart shows that Malta has the safest roads in the world, with 25 road deaths every year per million inhabitants.

In second place is the Netherlands, with 45 road deaths per million population, followed by Sweden (49), Switzerland (50) and Norway (52), while the UK is just outside the top five with 55 road fatalities per million.

The Russian Federation was named the worst nation for road safety with 242 road deaths per million population each year, although the figure is based on data from 2004.

According to the motoring facts report, the number of deaths caused on Britain’s roads fell from 2,926 in 2006 to 2,714 in 2007, having steadily declined from 3,298 in 1997.

Commenting on the figures, Neil Greig, director of policy and research at IAM, said: "Compared with the top five safest countries, we have a much denser road network, used by a disproportionately high number of cars ."

"As the number of road casualties gets smaller, it will become increasingly difficult to save a life.

"The challenge for the Government is to provide a safe and modern road network and for motorists to take more responsibility for their safety ."
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