Daniel Zeichner MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Minister, responding to the Government’s Great Britain road casualty statistics, said:
“These figures, showing no reduction in the number of serious accidents on our roads, underline the need for the Tory Government to pay greater attention to road safety. Sadly, the Tories have scrapped national road safety targets and we have seen the number of people killed and seriously injured rising on our roads - in the first quarter of this year up 14 per cent on this time last year, which is a dramatic and depressing increase.
“We need a concerted attempt to reduce road accidents across the country. The Government has passed the responsibility for road safety to local councils, but denied them the resources to do the job - and the end result is tragedy for individuals and their families.”