Safe driving is another big issue all over the world. However, it has to be said that the UK seems to have some of the worst drivers on the planet! The reason why safe driving is so important to me is evident on the page 'My Brothers Story'. However, I have also had a fairly minor accident which was caused by a driver not paying proper attention.

One evening in April 2022 I was travelling down a 2 lane road in Stockton. This road has a nightclub on it. I was in the right hand lane and there was a car next to me in the left hand lane. The car next to me had to swerve to avoid some people coming out of the nightclub and were walking in the road. The other driver knew that I was next to him because we were both neck and neck with each other travelling at 30mph.

Instead of slowing down and waiting for me to get ahead of him (i was concentrating on driving so did not see the people in the road) he decided to swerve straight into the side of my car. This burst my front passenger side tire and destroyed the front left wing and rear passenger door of my car. The force also almost pushed me into the oncoming traffic travelling down the other two lanes. I could barely control the car with 2 burst tires but managed to somehow skid to a stop in a hatched area between the 2 carriageways.

This crash has left me with a lot of lower back pain and has made an existing condition in my knee even worse. Sadly my car was written off but the other driver was very apologetic and accepted full blame for the accident. So those 2 reasons are why I have decided to launch this portion of Strength from Within as there are a lot of dangerous or careless drivers out there that need to be educated on the dangers of unsafe driving.

Facts & Figures for Unsafe Driving

• in 2022 there were a total of 1,711 fatalities on our roads, 415 of these were pedestrians

• In 2022 there were also 28,941 serious injuries and a total of 135,480 casualties of all severities

• Car drivers and occupants account for the highest number of fatalities on UK roads. A total of 789 were recorded in 2022

• In the UK in 2022, 76% of fatalities and 62% of casualties were male

• In a 10 year average between 2013 to 2022 it was found that 5 people die every day and 82 are seriously injured on UK roads. In the same 10 year average it was found that somebody is killed or seriously injured on UK roads every 16 minutes

• Driver or rider failed to look properly: 22.3% 

• Driver or rider was careless, reckless or in a hurry: 21.8%

• Driver or rider was exceeding the speed limit: 19.7%

• Driver or rider was impaired by alcohol or drugs: 10.4%

• Driver or rider was travelling too fast for the conditions: 8.5%

• Driver or rider was driving or riding aggressively: 8.3%

• Driver or rider had a mental or physical illness or disability: 8.2%

• Driver or rider was not wearing a seatbelt: 21%

• The total number of cars on our roads in 2022 was 35,148,045

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