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@O'Shane
In case you didn't know cars are being rated for the collision safety. The Ncap people now do 2 tests - how passengers of the car survive in a crash from all sorts of different situations but also there is a ped test. This has been out for a few years now but there are still many cars that get a single star. E.g the Citroen C6 - when in a crash the rear of the bonnet is popped up to make it less damaging for a ped. The same with the Nissan R35.
I've seen a few cases where the police have taken action against Councils about the lack of road maintenance.
But I see your point that if everyone in the chain does everything possible to make it safe then all that is left is human error - not something which can be easily predicted.