(I) In England about 5.000 people are killed in road accidents each year. (II) Even so, the death rate is well below that in most other Western European countries. (III) For instance, it is about half the rate of that in France. (IV) As British roads are in general less adequate than the French, the difference seems to indicate that the British drive more carefully. (V) This is one reason why, in London, more and more people are using the underground.