Britain's highways are becoming safer, according to the latest EuroRAP results for Britain. For the fourth consecutive year The AA Motoring Trust have analysed collision data for Britain's main roads showing clearly how travel on different roads carries a greater or lesser risk of being killed or seriously injured. The latest results show that the number of sections rated high- and medium-high risk has fallen by almost 30 per cent - from 113 to 80 - since 2002. There is no room for complacency however. For every mile of Britain's most dangerous roads at least one person - and as many as seven - is killed or seriously injured in each three-year accounting period. Roads outside built-up areas, mainly single carriageway, contribute about two-thirds of Britain's fatal traffic collisions. The analysis also highlights, once again, the terrible death toll of motorcyclists on high-speed rural roads. (Author/publisher)
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