County's the most dangerous part of Britain for driving

MORE THAN 900 KILLED OR BADLY HURT IN YEAR

- By RICHARD AULT

MORE people were hurt or killed in collisions on Kent's roads than anywhere else in Britain last year - as a new map reveals the Garden of England is the nation's most dangerous place to drive.

New Department for Transport figures show there were 1,602 fatalities on British roads in 2024, a slight 1% fall from the previous year. Some 29,467 people were killed or seriously injured, also a 1% fall from 2023, while there were 128,272 casualties in total, a 4% fall.

The figures reveal vast differences across the nation in the number and severity of injuries caused by road traffic accidents, and the worst affected areas were away from big cities.

Last year, there were 956 deaths on rural roads, or 60% of all fatalities. That compares to 555 fatalities in urban areas, and 91 on motorways.

In rural Kent last year, 45 people lost their lives in road traffic collisions. Of all council areas in Great Britain, only Lincolnshire saw more fatalities (53).