Today marks the beginning of Road Safety Week, a flagship event created by road safety charity Break, which runs from the 23-29 of November. This year's theme is 'Drive less, live more', the aim of which is to help prevent injuries and fatalities on the road, while also causing people to think about their overall car use.
To give you a better understanding of why this event is so important for health and safety in the UK, here are some facts which were released by break today:
- Five deaths, and 64 serious injuries happen daily on UK roads
- Air pollution is estimated to kill 52,000 people in the UK each year
- In a survey of a 1,000 driving adults, 85% believed we should reduce overall car use
- Road casualties in the UK went up by 4% last year.
- One in three non-cyclists said they would be more willing to cycle their commute if routes were safer
It's clear that driving has a serious impact on the heath and well-being of the UK as a whole, due in part to driving-related pollution and immobility,as well as fatalities and injuries caused by human error. In order to help promote Road Safety Week, Label Source would like to advise all of our customers to use and display the correct road safety signs at all times! Our full range of signs and barriers can be found here.
Remember, accurate and clear road safety signs can reduce the chances of an accident, by warning divers of hazards and speed restrictions!
To see the full list of statistics published by Brake, click here, or take a look at their interactive resource.
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