title: Transport

Cars are convenient, reliable and allow people to get around quickly and safely. They have opened up lots of opportunities for people to travel to work and for recreation.

But....

Cars are driven by idiots. They cause accidents and kill thousands of pedestrians a year. Congestion and pollution in our cities is a sign of how bad cars are.

So what are the facts?

Cars

 

photo: car crash test

 

Getting about

 

Cars

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Deaths Serious injury Minor injury

Statistics for 2000 show the risks to car drivers and passngers in the UK:

1,665

18,054

187,080

 

49% of all road deaths.

Deat rate is 2.8 per billion kilometres.

 

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photo: air bags