Road safety charity Brake is calling for a greater sense of urgency among the authorities in tackling the issue of drink-driving across the UK.<\/p>\n
These calls follow the publication of the latest road casualty statistics for 2015 from the Department for Transport, which showed the number of deaths in accidents where alcohol was a contributing factor accounted for 13 per cent of all fatalities.<\/p>\n
Overall, this was a figure unchanged from the previous year and broadly in line with the records since the start of the decade. As such, Brake claimed there is a growing trend of lacklustre improvement
in this area.<\/p>\n
Lucy Amos, research adviser at Brake, commented: "The statistics released today reveal a worrying level of stagnation in the number of people killed because of drink-driving, with the numbers remaining unchanged since the previous year."<\/p>\n
She added that the organisation is therefore now calling for the introduction of a zero-tolerance approach to alcohol for all motorists across the UK, as well as greater prioritisation and resources for traffic policing and the reintroduction of casualty reduction targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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