This edition of the annual publication presents detailed statistics of road accidents in Great Britain and their resulting casualties. A calendar of events concerning road safety and traffic matters from 1903-1997 is presented (page 127-129). Tables are provided showing statistics on vehicle population, accidents and accident rates classified by road class, type of vehicle, time of day and severity of accidents, A list of publications relating to road safety by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) published during 1997 is included (page 133-135). RAGB 1997 also includes three review articles: Ahmed, S. - General review of personal injury road accidents in Great Britain in 1997; Masurel, P. - Drinking and driving; Chilton, S., Covey, J., Hopkins, L., Jones-Lee, M., Loomes, G., Pidgeon, N. and Spencer, A. - New research results on the valuation of preventing fatal road accident casualties. For the abstracts of these review articles see C 12229 - 12231.
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