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Fewer fatalities
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• UK road deaths fell by 5.6% last year to around 5,000 killed — the lowest figure for 35 years. In 1987 5,300 people died on the roads.
Summertime blues?
• A consultation paper about the future of 0-licensing is expected this summer, following this week's completion of a review of 0licensing by the Department of Transport_ Tip for Transport
• Chief Treasury Secretary John Major is being tipped to take over from Transport Secretary Paul Channon in the next Cabinet reshuffle.
Ronald's routine
• Esso is being investigated over its drivers' hours policy by Metropolitan Licencing Authority Ronald Ashford. The company has confirmed that a "routine" investigation is going on, but says: "We are not expecting any adverse comment".
Sail safe • The Department of Transport has admitted that six ferries which failed safety tests (CM 16-22 March) will be allowed to sail indefinitely without modifications. "We have left it to the owners to bring them up to standard as soon as they can," says the DTp.
Put the clock back
• Calls for legislation to prevent unscrupulous dealers "clocking" used-vehicle odometers have been quashed by Roads and Traffic minister Peter Bottomley, who says the proposals would be expensive and unreliable.
Call for Kerr
• Simon Kerr is the new chairman of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association's Commercial Vehicle Committee. Kerr, managing director of Eurohire Vehicle Rental, succeeds Terry Nunn.