Fall in number of road casualties in Wigan
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The RAC Foundation said the rise in casualties across Britain is a reminder that more work needs to be done to improve road safety.
However, figures from the Department of Transport show 288 casualties were reported on Wigan roads in 2022 – down from 324 the year before.
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Hide AdIt was also down from the 409 road casualties reported in 2019, before the pandemic.
The data also shows five people were killed on the area's roads last year – the same as in 2021.
Across Great Britain, 1,711 people were killed on roads. It marked a 10 per cent jump from the 2021 but was down slightly from 1,752 in 2019.
Edmund King, director of the AA Charitable Trust, said: "Every death on our roads is a tragedy and it is worrying that after the pandemic, road deaths are rising.
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Hide Ad"It is a preventable tragedy that a fifth of people who die in cars on our roads are not wearing a seatbelt.
"There needs to be concerted and targeted education to reach those drivers who choose to risk their lives for the sake of a two second action.
"It’s on all of us to eliminate deaths and casualties on our roads. As well as having more cops in cars to catch people in the act, road users need to take responsibility when heading out on the roads."
Overall, there were 135,480 casualties last year – up six per cent on 2021, but down 12 per cent on pre-pandemic levels.
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Hide AdLast year's figures include 28,031 people who suffered serious injuries on Britain’s roads. In Wigan, 84 people were seriously injured.
RAC road safety spokesman Rod Dennis said: "Confirmation that last year saw a rise in the number of casualties on our roads is a chilling reminder that there remains so much work to do be done to improve road safety in the UK, even if statistically we have some of the safest roads in Europe.
"It’s time the Government turned the dial up on tackling these issues which, while complex, result in hundreds of people losing their lives every year."