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"Zero tolerance" for hit and run drivers called
for. - 21st October 2007
Brake the road safety charity has
described recent hit and run incident
statistics by the government as "shocking".
This is in
response to figures which show that hit and run deaths have continued to
rise over the last ten years. Brake has called on the government to
adopt a "zero tolerance" approach to reducing the number of road
casualties in the UK
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The governments data on accidents between 1997 and
2006 states that a hit and run driver is responsible for more than one in
ten personal injury road
accidents.
Brake's head of campaigns Cathy Keeler said "Although hit
and run cases feature daily in the media, it's jaw-dropping to have
statistics confirm that so many drivers show such a callous disregard for
people they have left dying or injured in their wake."
More than a fifth of all fatalities caused by hit and runs
occurred between midnight and 4:00am GMT, and half took place between 9:00am
and 6:00pm GMT. Many hit and run incidents are caused by
uninsured drivers or ones who are under the
influence
of drink or drugs.
If you have been unlucky enough to be involved in a hit
and run accident and would like to know if you are entitled to
claim
compensation visit our
hit and
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