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Belgian roads relatively safe

Belgium comes third only to the Netherlands and Switzerland when it comes to road safety.

The study looked at the number of accidents on a total of 140,000 kilometres of Belgian roads.

There was striking evidence that the number of road traffic accidents in Belgium has fallen dramatically in recent years.

A Touring spokesman told journalists:“Recent policies to promote road safety are showing dividends.”

The regional governments have invested heavily in making accident black spots safer.

On average, the chances of being involved in a serious accident are forty times greater on a so-called “dangerous road” than on the country’s safest roads.

A total of two million people have died on Europe’s roads during the past ten years.
 
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