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Bid to cut death toll

The Lincolnshire Echo is backing a move to get agencies working together in a bid to cut the death toll on the county’s roads.

Despite a Staying Alive road safety campaign, 104 people died on Lincolnshire’s roads last year, and many more were injured.

The newspaper and the statutory agencies all agreed something more needed to be done.

An experimental central road safety group has now been formed to house all the agencies involved under one roof.

The new Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, backed by the Lincolnshire Echo, includes staff from the county council’s accident investigation and prevention team, the police traffic support section, the county health authority and the county highways agency.

It will investigate accidents in an attempt to reduce deaths in the future.

Another death happened the morning before the new group’s launch.

The Echo told its readers: “It was a sadly graphic illustration which highlighted the necessity for public bodies to come together to work to tackle the carnage that is taking place on Lincolnshire’s roads.

“Today the county’s new Central Road Safety Group is opening its new headquarters in the centre of Lincoln.

“Yesterday, while the final preparations were being made, the need for the centre was highlighted in the most tragic way.”

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