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Road casualties 'expected to rise' after budget cuts

Spending cuts forced two-thirds (65%) of councils to reduce road safety budgets last year, new research has suggested.

Spending cuts forced two-thirds (65%) of councils to reduce road safety budgets last year, new research has suggested.

The study, by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), was published just as the number of road deaths looked set to rise for the first time in a decade.

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