Blood on the streets

It's true.

It only works if there is the will to make it work.

And this whole issue... there is no will to solve it. None.

The costs of these deaths are not externalised enough for it to be of economic value, and the issue isn't one that wins or loses votes.

There is no will to resolve it. More people will need to die.

It would be interesting to examine the economics of the whole situation.

I imagine that a huge part of the inertia which is observable in any attempt to achieve change is due to the perceived costs of doing something.

Perhaps articulating the costs of not doing something (financial impact per death, basically) would provide a counterpoint that would be useful?

i.e. "It would cost £4,000,000 to fix this", could be answered with "At the current accident rate it will cost an avoidable £2,000,000 per year until it's fixed".