RSA - the 1968-71 UK government BST experiment which cut deaths & serious injuries on the roads by c11% (RoSPA)

2021 marks the 50-year anniversary of a largely forgotten experiment that may have saved hundreds of lives on Britain’s roads. Between 1968-71 the UK government embarked on a trial that saw the clocks.....

Picture: RoSPA believes we should maintain permanent British Summer Time to ensure lighter afternoons and evenings, because the road accident rate is higher later in the day.

Publication date: 8/4/2021 11:08

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