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Dr Butler ‘’ History of Safety in Transport’’ 19th April 23

How safe is transport in the UK.

Drawing from his extensive experience of patching up people injured in collisions on the road, and his continuing interest in motor vehicles of all shapes and sizes, Dr. Butler kept us well entertained with his illustrated talk.
Explaining that road collisions are almost always not accidents, Andrew explained that although the incidence of events has increased steadily since the 1865 ‘Red Flag’ Act, due to the large number of vehicles on our roads, the number of fatalities has been reducing for several years. Apart from improvements to the provision of and training of Emergency Service personnel, the structure and design of vehicles has been improving, with all components being regularly tested and a continual process of improvement.

Members of the audience had plenty of questions, and some very relevant topics such as the standard of driving today, the quality of the road surfaces and the possibility of restrictions being placed on older drivers, continued through the tea break.