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  • Post category:Driving / Personal safety
  • Post published:January 17, 2015

In the UK, 78,460 road accidents in 2013 were caused by driver/rider error: poor manoeuvring, failing to look properly and failing to judge another person’s path or speed.

This is 72% of road accidents in 2013.

Source: Statistical data set: Contributory factors for reported road accidents (RAS50) @ gov.uk

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