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Better understanding of rural roads could cut fatalities, says RAC Foundation

Deniz Huseyin
08 March 2023
 

A clearer definition of what constitutes a ‘rural road’ could help cut the number of people killed and seriously injured on them, believes the RAC Foundation.

Government statistics – from police crash reports – show that of the 1,558 road deaths in Britain in 2021, 981 (63%) were listed as occurring on rural roads, the RAC Foundation notes.

“However, 649 of these deaths (66% of 981) took place not on the twisting country lanes we might imagine as the typical rural...

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