Road deaths rise for the first time in five years as 80mph speed limit approaches

The number of people killed on the roads has risen in the first half of this year, according to government figures.


New Department of Transport statistics reveal there have been 940 deaths on British roads during the first six months of 2011, which is a 6.7 per cent increase on the 881 killed during the same period last year.

Casualties among child pedestrians and cyclists showed an increase of three and five percent during the same spell.   More Read