Tyre death rise reinforces time for a change

In stark contrast to a steady decline in recent years, the number of people killed or seriously injured in a tyre related accident increased sharply in 2011. The alarming figures released today (27th September) from the Department for Transport, just days ahead of October’s tyre safety month, reveal that 205 people were killed or seriously injured in an accident where illegal, defective or under-inflated tyres were a contributory factor. Worryingly, the shocking statistic is an eight per cent rise on the previous year’s figures and goes against a year-on-year decrease since TyreSafe