This graph shows what issues people in England and Wales considered to be the most important to address in order to improve road safety between November 2006 and July 2013, according to responses to a road safety survey. Drink driving was consistently considered the most key issue in terms of making roads safer in the United Kingdom.
Which of the issues do you consider to be the most important that the government should address to improve road safety?
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Department for Transport (UK). (August 1, 2013). Which of the issues do you consider to be the most important that the government should address to improve road safety? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321911/most-important-road-safety-issues-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "Which of the issues do you consider to be the most important that the government should address to improve road safety?." Chart. August 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed October 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321911/most-important-road-safety-issues-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). (2013). Which of the issues do you consider to be the most important that the government should address to improve road safety?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321911/most-important-road-safety-issues-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "Which of The Issues Do You Consider to Be The Most Important That The Government Should Address to Improve Road Safety?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321911/most-important-road-safety-issues-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK), Which of the issues do you consider to be the most important that the government should address to improve road safety? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321911/most-important-road-safety-issues-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited October 04, 2023)
Which of the issues do you consider to be the most important that the government should address to improve road safety? [Graph], Department for Transport (UK), August 1, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/321911/most-important-road-safety-issues-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/