| Some facts and figures! |
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| Driving is now the most dangerous
activity in the workplace… |
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30% of deaths and serious
injuries on the road happen to people driving during work… |
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16% of commercial vehicle
insurance claims involve reversing… |
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| 66% of company cars are subject
to insurance claims… |
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There are 22 million regular drivers – about
52% of the population… |
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Average Driver covers 10,000 miles
a year and has a 1:7 chance of a crash… |
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| Most common collision
is a rear end shunt – 1/3 of all accidents… |
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Someone in
a crash is four times as likely to be involved in another
one in the next year… |
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A person’s normal
response time is 1.6 seconds… |
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| 67% drivers have uncorrected
sight defects… |
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One car drives off
the road every 10 minutes for no apparent reason… |
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Side impact crashes
are one of the main causes of road fatalities… |
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| Trucks only represent
7% of traffic but are involved in 20% of all serious crashes… |
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Lampposts, trees and
telegraph posts cause 5,000 fatal and serious
accidents a year… |
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Each car tyre disperses
about 3 gallons of water a second… |
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| 60% of accidents on
a motorway are caused by tiredness… |
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20% of ‘A’ Roads
are not up to national surface standards and liable to
poor braking… |
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80% of white line markings
are below standard… |
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| Tyres under inflated
by 7 psi wastes ½ gallon of fuel per tank… |
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42% of road deaths
are at night… |
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Built up areas account
for 74% accidents and 46% of injuries… |
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| Motorways represent
1% of all roads but carry 15% of all traffic… |
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Motorways account for
3% of accidents and 4% injuries… |
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Countryside routes
have 23% accidents and 50% of injuries… |
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