Cycle lanes go in cuts
22nd February 1996, Page 8
22nd February 1996
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Page 8, 22nd February 1996
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• Accidents involving commercial vehicles and cyclists are not likely to decrease while the Government scales down its .C108m road safety improvement scheme, says the British Road Federation.
BRF researchers say a third of the 208 schemes originally planned have been quietly dropped in a Treasury bid to save money. "More are likely to be dropped by the end of the financial year," says the BRF.
Many of the aban doned schemes involved new cycle lanes to separate cyclists from motor traffic. It's bad news for hauliers, who are increasingly being blamed for the growing cyclists' death toll.
In 1994, trucks were involved in 552 reportable accidents with cyclists, in which 134 riders were seriously injured and 43 were killed.
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