ROAD deaths have reached an all-time low, Government statistics showed.
There were 2,538 people killed on the roads in Britain in 2008 – the lowest annual total since records began in 1926.
The death toll was 14% down on the 2007 figure, and compared with the highest post-war total of nearly 8,000, recorded in 1966.
Based on casualties in accidents reported to the police, the Department for Transport statistics showed 28,567 people were killed or seriously injured last year – 7% fewer than in 2007.
Total casualties – deaths, serious injuries and slight injuries – reached just under 231,000 in 2008, seven per cent down on the 2007 total.
