Increased road fatalities have been one of the unintended consequences of an increasingly wealthy and technologically advanced society. But a recently published review of the Government's Road Safety Strategy, revealing a fall by 33 per cent over the last three years in the number of children killed or seriously injured on British roads, has demonstrated a shared commitment and a clear programme of action to tackle one of the major risks to children and young people.
This fall represents a significant success, potentially providing policy makers with an instructive model for addressing the unwanted risks associated with a consumer society - a model that bears all the characteristics of a joined-up, multi-faceted approach. The Government has been able to harness a number of forces within society to save children's lives.
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