This report focuses on the half of all Britain’s roads deaths which are concentrated on around 10% of the network. One of the key actions identified internationally is to tackle basic infrastructure safety, particularly targeting main roads where so much death and serious trauma routinely takes place.

This report proposes a five-year programme targeting the 10% of roads with unacceptably high risks, risks which are 50 times the safest roads. The £75 million per annum cost can be met by ensuring that the transport infrastructure spending focuses on the highest priorities and returns. The high returns exist and there is no higher transport priority than saving violent death and life changing injury.