Savings in the cost of road crashes costing 1.5% of GDP and worth £18bn annually are readily achievable, according to a report published 30 June, 2010. The high costs of emergency services, hospitals and long-term care for the disabled can often be avoided through little more than the cost of a pot of paint, according to the annual road tracking survey carried out by the Road Safety Foundation - the largest analysis of its type anywhere in the world, covering 28,000 miles. Key findings in 'GB EuroRAP Results 2010: Saving Lives for Less', which shows where the high risk roads on which road trauma and high costs are concentrated, include: 10% of Britain's motorways and A roads have unacceptably high risk; half of all fatal collisions occur on one-tenth of Britain's road network; Scotland has the highest average risk rating of all regions; and West Midlands is the safest region, with the lowest average risk rating. (Author/publisher)
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