Rural Road Deaths Up 14%
NFU have analysed the latest statistics from the Department for Transport to highlight the disparity in safety between urban and rural roads and the higher risk shouldered by vulnerable road users.
The NFU Mutual Rural Road Safety Report 2023 shows rural road deaths have rocketed 14% to a four-year high in 2022, with 1017 people losing their lives on these highways. This figure is 72% more than the 593 deaths on urban roads last year, highlighting the disproportionate danger on rural roads.
Tragically, accidents on rural roads are around four times more likely to result in a fatality. In 2022, an average of one in every 31 accidents on rural highways resulted in a death, compared to one in every 120 on urban roads.
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