Road Casualties

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 February 1990.

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Photo of Peter Bottomley Peter Bottomley Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) 12:00, 1 February 1990

If people can have their consciousness and awareness raised with the help of brewers, pubs and off-licences, fewer of them will be offered drink before driving—and drink is still the biggest factor linked with death on the roads. It is important to reach the target of cutting road deaths in Northern Ireland from an average of 210 to 140 per year. That saving of 70 lives per year would probably be very welcome in Northern Ireland.