These are the most dangerous roads in Aylesbury Vale for road traffic accidents

The A41 (223 deaths), A413 (199 deaths) and the A418 (116 deaths) were the most dangerous roads in Aylesbury Vale, according to figures.

A421 ranked fourth with 78 deaths since 2014.

A4146 had over 50 deaths, (64), as did the A422 (56).

In the five years from January 1 2014 to December 31 2018, there were more than 670,000 accidents causing injury or death on Britain’s roads.

The number of accidents causing injury or death fell by a sixth (16%) between 2014 and 2018.

On Britain’s biggest roads (A-roads and motorways) throughout this five-year period, there was an average of 10.4 accidents causing injury or death per mile.

According to 2018’s figures:

-An average of 336 accidents causing death or injury happen every day on roads across Britain

-There are an average of 439 casualties per day

-These serious road accidents are most likely to happen: with a male driver; with a driver aged 26 to 35; on a Friday; between 5pm and 6pm; and on an A-road.

The A1, which is the largest road in Great Britain connecting London with Edinburgh recorded the most accidents (4,582)

A spokesperson for road safety charity Brake said there were steps drivers could take to prevent accidents, such as slowing down, not using mobile phones when driving and getting their eyesight tested regularly.

But the spokesperson also said there needs to be “greater investment in road traffic enforcement so that people who do drive dangerously and break the law, endangering themselves and all other road users, are caught and punished”.

The DfT said allocation of crime-fighting resources is a matter for chief constables, in conjunction with police and crime commissioners.

The department said that busier roads will have a higher number of accidents but that “vital improvements” were being made to the road networks.

A spokesperson said: “We are committed to improving road safety across the country, and the Safer Roads Fund will provide vital improvements to the 50 most dangerous stretches of road in England.

“In addition, we launched a Road Safety Action Plan last year which set out more than 70 measures to reduce the number of people killed and injured on our roads.”

A Transport Scotland spokesperson added: “We remain committed to working with our road safety partners to deliver a coordinated approach to road safety to secure the ultimate vision established in Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 and beyond, where no one is killed on our roads.

“Road deaths are not an inevitability.”