Is Scotland any safer than England?
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Without wishing to get into any discussions over specifics, given that Scotland appears to be pushing a harder line against motorists with reduced tolerance to drink driving and a more robust approach to speed enforcement, is there any evidence to say that the approach is working in improving the safety of Scottish roads.
The UK roads are pretty safe already when compared to the rest of the world which is a real positive, but now we are getting a different cross-boarder approach is there any cross-boarder reduction in accidents in support of the reasoning behind the approach?
The UK roads are pretty safe already when compared to the rest of the world which is a real positive, but now we are getting a different cross-boarder approach is there any cross-boarder reduction in accidents in support of the reasoning behind the approach?
I know the reduced drink driving threshold is relatively new, but they have been much more liberal with the use of speed cameras in Scotland for years, you would have though the Scottish Government would have been putting out messages of support if they had any statistics in support.
Leithen said:
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Year on year comparison within Scotland after the changes mentioned will be interesting however.
That's what I was thinking. Ties in the 'Speed Awareness Course' topic, the 'Prison for speeding / Dangerous Driving' topics, and will bring in the drink driving differences, it would give some support or not to the differing approaches.Year on year comparison within Scotland after the changes mentioned will be interesting however.
Wales = 1 road fatality per 30k inhabitants in 2015.
Scotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, England is 10-20% less safe than Scotland and Wales.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like England is safer than Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
Scotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, England is 10-20% less safe than Scotland and Wales.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like England is safer than Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
Edited by Yipper on Thursday 16th February 22:13
Yipper said:
Wales = 1 road fatality per 30k inhabitants in 2015.
Scotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, Wales is 10-20% safer than Scotland and England.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like overcrowded England is less safe than sparse Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
^^^ wrong way aroundScotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, Wales is 10-20% safer than Scotland and England.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like overcrowded England is less safe than sparse Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
kiethton said:
Yipper said:
Wales = 1 road fatality per 30k inhabitants in 2015.
Scotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, Wales is 10-20% safer than Scotland and England.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like overcrowded England is less safe than sparse Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
^^^ wrong way aroundScotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, Wales is 10-20% safer than Scotland and England.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like overcrowded England is less safe than sparse Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
Yipper said:
Wales = 1 road fatality per 30k inhabitants in 2015.
Scotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, Wales is 10-20% safer than Scotland and England.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like overcrowded England is less safe than sparse Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
Just for reference, we in Ireland ( Eire ) had a bad accident year in 2016. 186 deaths and a population of 4,700,000 makes us 1 road fatality in every 25,000 of population. Pretty bad as you can see.Scotland = 1 road fatality per 33k inhabitants in 2015.
England = 1 road fatality per 37k inhabitants in 2015.
By this measure, Wales is 10-20% safer than Scotland and England.
Would need to calculate "deaths per mile traveled" to say definitively, but it does look at first glance like overcrowded England is less safe than sparse Scotland.
If someone has a calculator and some spare time, you can work out which is the best and worst region in the UK from this infographic:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
The Surveyor said:
I know the reduced drink driving threshold is relatively new, but they have been much more liberal with the use of speed cameras in Scotland for years, you would have though the Scottish Government would have been putting out messages of support if they had any statistics in support.
Perhaps the idea behind reducing the drink driving threshold is that it might result in an accident reduction which can then be attributed to the speed cameras.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff