Simple safety measures have reduced fatal accidents on some UK roads - but failing to implement them on many other routes is costing lives, according to the AA Motoring Trust.

In its second assessment of 830 roads in the UK, the Trust found that while significant reductions in the number of accidents have been made on 13 routes thanks to basic improvements such as redesigned junctions, no effort has been made on other routes.
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It has identified 21 sections of the UK network as persistently high-risk roads.
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The Trust's director, John Dawson, said: 'There are many people alive today thanks to the relatively inexpensive changes made on the roads we have identified. The lessons learned from this work must be applied to every problem road.'

Dawson says urgently needed road safety enhancements would cost a fraction of that rightly spent on improving the railways. Reducing the death toll would also bring about significant savings - the Department for Transport puts the cost of each fatality on the roads at £1 million, which includes repairing the damage to roads and property, NHS expenses, and the individual's future contribution to the economy.

The AA examined 830 UK roads as part of the European Road Assessment Programme. This aims to provide a risk rating for roads across Europe.
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