This report and ‘risk map’ show how the risk of being killed or seriously injured varies across the strategic road network (SRN). The report sets out to explain the types of crashes that kill and to highlight the infrastructure safety changes that can eliminate or reduce risk at weak points. The report is published as the Infrastructure Bill, which will transform the Highways Agency into a public company operating in a commercial environment, begins the process of Parliamentary scrutiny. The map shows the statistical risk of death or serious injury occuring on England’s strategic road network for 2008-2012. The risk is calculated by comparing the frequency of road crashes resulting in death and serious injury on every stretch of road with how much traffic each road is carrying. For example, if there are 20 collisions on a road carrying 10,000 vehicles a day, the risk is 10 times higher than if the road has the same number of collisions but carries 100,000 vehicles. (Author/publisher)
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