Labour blasted the Tories yesterday for scrapping road safety targets after new figures show that the number of people killed on Britain’s roads reached a five-year high last year.

Road traffic crashes accounted for 1,792 deaths in 2016, an increase of 4 per cent from the previous year and the highest since 2011.

Pedestrian deaths saw the largest year-on-year rise at 10 per cent, followed by car occupants (8 per cent).