Newly released 2006 casualty statistics from the Department for Transport suggest room for improvement  

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3,172 fatalities were recorded on Britain's roads in 2006, down from 3201 in 2005.

The number of people seriously injured fell to 28,390 only marginally lower than 28,954 recorded a year earlier.

Total casualties figures fell from 258,404, from 271,017  in 2005.  

169 children were killed on the roads in 2006, 20% more than in 2005 - this was apparently due to 2005 being an exceptionally low figure (in 2004 for example the total number of child deaths was 166).

The total number of children killed or seriously injured fell by 9% to 3,294;

There were 675 pedestrian deaths 1% more than 2005. Serious casualties (inc fatalities) fell by 1% to 7,051. The all inclusive pedestrian casualty figure fell by 7% to 30,982

In 2006, the number of casualties among motorcycle users increased by 5% to 599. The all inclusive motorcycle casualty list for 2006 was 23,326 down 6%.  

Pedal cyclist casualties fell from 16,561 in 2005 to 16,196, a drop of 2%. The number of cyclists killed or seriously injured fell by 1% overall to 2296, and the number of fatalities fell marginally by 1% to 146.