A Clearview of everything you need to know about improving route safety
Clearview Intelligence has been delivering road safety innovations for many years, and here we look at everything you need to know about improving route safety.
The first fatal motor car accident in the UK occurred in 1899; since then governments, car manufacturers, charities and technology companies have all worked to prevent as many road deaths as possible.
However, as car ownership and travel increased, so too did the number of fatalities on the roads. Road traffic rose drastically from 28.9 billion vehicle miles driven in 1949 to over 320 billion today. The number of people killed on the road rose similarly until it peaked in the 1970s.
Since then, the overall trend has been a reduction in the number of people killed on the road up until 10 years ago when the trend in the number of fatalities flatlined.
Road safety today: good but not good enough
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