Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart said whoever wins the upcoming election should prioritise an updated road safety plan, to further reduce unnecessary injuries and deaths. Provisional figures from the Department for Transport suggest there were 477 road casualties in Calderdale in 2023 – a five per cent fall from 501 the year before. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Halifax Courier, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
It was also a decrease from 623 in 2014, which saw the most injuries in the last 10 years. In Calderdale, 142 people were seriously injured on the roads last year, 12 of whom died. In 2022, road accidents caused the death of fewer people in the area – five.
A total of 1,645 road users were killed in crashes in 2023, a decline of four per cent from the 1,711 in 2022. Nick Simmons, CEO of RoadPeace , the national charity for road crash victims, said the figures were “encouraging”, but traffic collisions still cause “unacceptable loss of life and extreme suffering”. Advertisement Advertisement “The ripple effect goes far beyond the statistics; it devastates families and shatters communities,” he added.
“We need to see collective action and commitment from everyone to deliver a significant reduction in road deaths and serious injuries and to create safer streets for all.” Across Britain, a total of 132,063 road casualties were recorded in 2023 – down three per centd from the .