Last year, 1,695 people died on Britain’s roads and a further 28,967 were seriously injured.
It is a figure that has barely reduced in the last five years and behind each number, is a grieving family member, many of whom don’t have access to the necessary support.
Road safety charity Brake says something needs to change and it is launching a new Road Victim’s Charter in Westminster, urging the government to back it.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/daddys-dead-how-victims-of-road-accidents-are-being-forgotten-and-failed-13255145
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