Recession Has Led To Fewer Car Accidents

Saturday, 7. March 2009

In times of recession is there any good news? Yes there is. According to the Department for Transport there are fewer cars using the roads resulting in quicker and safer journeys. According to the DfT motorists travelled 3.1 billion less miles last year which has got to be good on so many fronts, fewer accidents, less CO2 in the atmosphere, less wear and tear on our roads, less of our precious fuel used. The number of people killed in road crashes dropped by 15% and number of people seriously injured dropped by 8% over the same 12 month period to September 2008. The number of car drivers either killed or injured showed the biggest drop of 9%. The DfT showed that there was a direct correlation between the number of crashes and the number of cars on the road. Whilst cars on the roads decreased there was a 2.8% increase in the number of vans on the roads during 2008. Congestion also decreased by 10% also contributing to the lowering of CO2 into the atmosphere. If you are really sad and interested in reading all of the statistics you can go to www.dft.gov.uk/matrix/ By Graham Hill