Maintenance of road safety issues given the far-reaching budget cuts will end save the Government money, according to the Institute of advance motorists (IAM).
The claim follows warnings from other Motorsport groups during Tuesday's 'not' budget certainly charities and transport lobby groups have highlighted its concerns where the cuts in the transport expenditure will fall.
According to the IAM proves "his research the value of setting objectives damage accident reduction and consistent financing".It claims that were first introduced in the 20 years since objectives, 31,000 lives only stored resulting in a financial saving £ 50 billion.
Supports their figures on the Government own estimate each road death 1.68 million pounds costs society says IAM that .these arise from a reduced impact on NHS resources, the group says continued investment in road safety measures "significant prices back into the economy will produce", in addition to cost savings associated with less long-term injuries, less lost working days and lower levels of congestion due to accidents.
The call is the Department for transport figures released today show that the number of people in road accidents killed from 2,538 in 2008, 2,222 last year fiel.Die IAM cautioned, however, that the downward trend should not be affected by spending cuts will be scheduled for the next four years by 25%.
IAM Director who said policy and research Neil Greig: "the effects of the accident reduction targets was enormous."
"If we with our current rate of investment, could annual deaths in the United Kingdom far below 2,000 to 2020 - a further saving of £ 4 billion and 2,500 life over the next decade float."
"Punitive cuts of the road security budgets are they huge financial and social gains compromise."
"Our message is simple: money expenditure on road safety."
Response to Tuesday's budget, road safety charity brake said had, it was "outraged that road safety was so brutally targeted has", cuts on show, in councils Street provides security.
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