Driver error and inattention is the most common contributory factor in UK road accidents, according to new statistics from the Department for Transport, while speed-related causes contribute to just 14 per cent of all prangs.
The DfT stats attribute 68 per cent of all road accidents to a failure to look, while in the majority (32 per cent) of fatal accidents loss of control is reported as the contributory factor.
Exceeding the speed limit is a contributory factor in five per cent of all accidents; driving too fast for conditions accounts for nine per cent. This makes exceeding the speed limit the sixth most common contributory factor.
Overall, the number of accidents in 2008 fell seven per cent from 2007, to 230,905. The number of people killed in accidents fell by 14 per cent, to 2538.
When asked if it was time to reduce the emphasis on speeding and concentrate on improving driver awareness, a DfT spokesperson said, “To help the police tackle bad driving we have proposed making careless driving a fixed-penalty offence and have also recently announced wide-ranging changes to driver testing and training, to better prepare learner drivers for the road.”
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Accidents are quite common
Accidents are quite common these days therefore we should be more careful regarding the different road conditions which are prevailing day by day. So therefore we should aware of the condition of the roads in our town. In a survey it was found that the most of the accidents are caused due to driver inattention leading to severe fatal accidents. The situation is worse so it is better that we should be more careful these days.
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Accidents can take place at any moment of time and anywhere. But we need to be very much careful about the accidents. Road accidents can take place due to many reasons and the foremost reasons behind these accidents are the driver inattention and error. Recently in a survey at United Kingdom mainly accidents are caused due to driver's fault. Around 68% are involved in this type of accident.
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