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UK drivers told to ignore these sat nav directions after 'worrying' rise in deaths
- Urging drivers to disregard sat nav directions that reroute them onto rural roads, IAM RoadSmart advises questioning if saving a few minutes is truly worth the increased hazards of unclassified or single-track routes.
- Bypassing congestion on major A-roads, 54% of 1,042 surveyed motorists and 114 IAM RoadSmart motorbike riders are being diverted onto country lanes, according to research by Online95.
- DfT figures for 2024 reveal rural roads saw 60% of road deaths in Britain despite carrying 45% of traffic. "Every year, more people are killed on a rural road than any other road type, yet worryingly we," IAM RoadSmart director of policy Nicholas Lyes said.
- Then-Prime minister Rishi Sunak cancelled all future smart motorway projects in April 2023 due to safety concerns. These roads, which boost capacity by converting the hard shoulder into a live lane, were rolled out from 2014.
- Traffic growth shows little sign of abating, and without a commitment to increase capacity on the wider strategic network, more drivers risk filtering onto rural routes. This shift creates potentially grave consequences for road safety across the country.
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Motorists should avoid ‘unplanned diversions’ on rural routes, says road safety charity
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