Getting better

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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The number of severe casualties for drivers and passengers of both buses and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) has fallen significantly since 2000. According to the 2011 publication by the Department of Transport, the figure for HGVs went from 3597 in 2000, to 1578 in 2010. For buses and coaches it dropped from 10,088 to 6288. Out of 281,401 total severities cause by road accidents in Great Britain in 2010, only 15,077 (that is 5.4%!) involved by buses, coaches, and HGVs.

hgvuk.com/07/31/big-but-safe … and-buses/

This would seem to fly in the face of many opinions :wink:

Could it be down to the licencing changes ■■ Or perhaps the influx of safer drivers from the east :grimacing: Maybe the aging out of the older chaps stuck in a rut of bad habits :open_mouth: Perhaps it’s all down to the wombles :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Not really got better, 50 HGV occupants were killed in 2009, then 62 in 2010 and 62 in 2011, the way its going this year it will increase further.
Although you are correct in saying all casualties has fallen in the past few years, those figures in that article doesnt tally with the official DfT figures.