BUSY shopping streets are some of the most dangerous roads in Britain,
according to a study of road accidents by the independent Transport Research
Laboratory, based in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
The TRL, which monitored accidents and speeds in Britain as well as analysing
European data, says that more than 200 lives could be saved every year by
reducing the average speed of traffic by 3 kilometres per hour. About 3300
people die on Britain’s roads every year.
The researchers found that the number of road accidents increases with the
square of the traffic speed. But there is also a strong link…
