THE NUMBER of people killed or injured on Cumbria’s roads in 2019 have been revealed.

Last year, 328 people were killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents on our roads, Department for Transport (DfT) figures show.

This was a decrease of five per cent on the year before, when there were 344.

Last year 30 people were killed – up from 25 the year before.

The figures represent all accidents that happened on a public road and involved at least one vehicle, horse rider or cyclist.

The DfT warns against comparing year-on-year figures however, due to changes in 2016 to the way some forces record the severity of injuries.

In Cumbria, the total number of casualties, which includes non-serious injuries, fell from 2,029 to 1,345 between 2009 and 2019.

A DfT spokesman said: “We continue to work hard to improve road safety – delivering on more than 70 actions announced last year in the Road Safety Statement to tackle road safety issues for people, throughout their lifetime.

Cllr Keith Little, Cumbria County Council’s cabinet member for highways and transport, said: “It’s always a tragic situation when these figures come out. They highlight how busy our roads are, and of course Cumbria County Council take them very seriously.

“It’s always a sobering fact at this time of year when these come out. But our roads are safe and in good condition, and a lot of work is being done during lockdown to make our roads much better which the public will see a lot of.”