‘Hidden’ victims of road carnage

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) is correct in saying there is no room for complacency in the ‘low’ number of road deaths; the true number is far higher.

The increased efficiency of emergency services and medical advances in keeping people alive means that more people are dying in hospital days, weeks or months later, and statistically are recorded as injured.

For the elderly, a relatively minor accident often results in death within months.