Road casualties down

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This news item from yesterday appears to have not got widespread media exposure:-
Accident prevention group 'welcomes road safety figures'
A drop in the number of deaths recorded on UK roads over the course of 2007 has been welcomed by a road safety group.
New figures show that there were some 2,943 fatalities recorded on highways across Britain during the year - a seven per cent decrease on 2006, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa).
This is down from the 3,150 deaths recorded on roads during the previous year.
It could be that the fall in deaths results in cheaper car insurance policies for drivers across the UK if cover firms judge highways to be safer in light of the statistics.