are being asked to step in. what happens to him, then? he will get a letter. and what will that letter say? don t do it again. we investigate britain s killer roads. he should be there, and he s not there, and it s not fair. i m going on a road trip. ..from here, at the bottom of cornwall. ..to the very top of scotland. i want to find out more about the risks we face when we get behind the wheel, and why britain s roads are getting more dangerous. the thing is, it shouldn t be like this. cars are getting safer. roads should be getting safer. but that is not what s going on. for 30 years, the fatality rate the number of deaths per billion miles travelled was falling. for the past decade, it stayed broadly the same. but in 2020, the death rate rose by 5% the most significant increase in a0 years. last year, we ve even seen an increase in the rate of fatalities, so it s very, very worrying. it matters because these are real people that are dying on our roads, and many of t
being asked to step in. what happens to him, then? he will get a letter. and what will that letter say? don t do it again. we investigate britain s killer roads. he should be there, and he s not there, and it s not fair. i m going on a road trip. ..from here, at the bottom of cornwall. ..to the very top of scotland. i want to find out more about the risks we face when we get behind the wheel, and why britain s roads are getting more dangerous. the thing is, it shouldn t be like this. cars are getting safer. roads should be getting safer. but that is not what s going on. for 30 years, the fatality rate the number of deaths per billion miles travelled was falling. for the past decade, it stayed broadly the same, but in 2020, the death rate rose by 5% the most significant increase in a0 years. last year, we ve even seen an increase in the rate of fatalities, so it s very, very worrying. it matters because these are real people that are dying on our roads, and many of them