A CHARITY chief says ending “carnage” on roads must be a priority this Road Safety Week.

Running from November 14-20, Road Safety Week was created by Brake to highlight the damage that dangerous driving can cause.

The organisation is asking schools, workplaces and communities to come together to ‘shout out’ about road safety and to help raise funds for the charity which supports bereaved families who have lost a loved one or had someone be severely injured in a road accident.

Mary Williams OBE, chief executive of Brake, said: “The carnage on roads, that takes lives indiscriminately, devastates families, and causes appalling injuries, must end.

“No death or serious injury on roads is acceptable.

“We urge everyone to sign up to take part in Road Safety Week in November to raise awareness of the cause, shout out for safety on our streets, and get fundraising for Brake and our vital help for road crash victims’ families.”

Across Scotland, 1,760 people were killed or seriously injured on the road last year, according to official figures.

And UK Government statistics show there had been a seven per cent increase in the number of deaths on the road from 2020 to 2021.

In 2021, 1,558 deaths were recorded on UK roads.

Last year there were 25,892 serious injuries on the roads, equalling 16 serious injuries for every road death.

The United Nations has a target of reducing road deaths and serious accidents by 50 per cent by 2030.