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UK road accident figures short of published targei
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• by Chris Tindall The number of people killed or injured on Britain's roads fell by only 1% last year, well short of the government's target.
Although the number killed and injured fell by an average of 5% a year in the three years from 1998, the total dropped by just 245 to 40,070 between July 2001 and June 2002.
by 2010. But campaigners say these new figures show the government will not achieve this without some radical changes.
"These figures are disappointing but not surprising," says Mary Williams, chief executive of road safety charity Brake. "We need a gov ernment that is committed to saving lives a does not ignore opportunities to reduce the nu bers of deaths on our roads. If the govenrru hopes to meet its 2010 target then urgent pol changes must be made."
A Department for Transport spokeswom says: "Ministers are content with the progress are making, and expect a greater drop as safE improvements take effect."