"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:05:14 +0100, "PG" wrote:
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| This is why they're cracking down, moron. Accidents decreased by 30%
in
| the first month of operation. Coincidence, I suppose? And as for
| fatalities, yes they've been too high in France. However in terms of
the
| total number of incidents per car on the road, the UK is well out in
| front.
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|
| Indeed. The UK *is* well out in front, but not, I suspect, in the ay
| you meant..
|
| In terms of deaths & serious injuries per million vehicle kilometres (
| a much more useful measure than per car), the UK has had the fewest of
| ALL countries where records are kept in each and every one of the last
| 20+ years.

Yes. I was referring to minor incidents, not resulting in death or
serious injury, per road (vehicle) user. I've seen some surprising stats
(lies, damned or otherwise, I don't know, I didn't collate them) that
indicate as much.
Pete