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Fewer deaths on UK roads last year
7th December 1989, Page 7
7th December 1989
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Page 7, 7th December 1989
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• The number of deaths on Britain's roads last year was 5,052 — the lowest since 1954. The number of HGV drivers and passengers killed last year was down from 75 to 73. A Magistrates' Association working party is now drawing up guidelines for sentencing road traffic offenders, to give a more consistent approach to jurisdiction.
0 Police have called for tougher enforcement measures against drink-drive offenders, particularly the "hard core" of drivers who ignore legal alcoholic limits,