James Fransham
@fransham.bsky.social
Data journalist @ The Economist Newspaper.
Covering everything under the sun, but now with a British focus.
Covering everything under the sun, but now with a British focus.
...among 18-to-34 year-olds.
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
...among 18-to-34 year-olds.
...and why they hate heat-pumps
February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
...and why they hate heat-pumps
My latest piece looks at what measures might save most lives: repairing roads, reducing speed limits and tackling bad driving. Taken together Britain should be able to reduce deaths to under 1,000 per year within the next decade.
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Why Britain has fallen behind on road safety
More than 1,600 people still die each year in road collisions
www.economist.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My latest piece looks at what measures might save most lives: repairing roads, reducing speed limits and tackling bad driving. Taken together Britain should be able to reduce deaths to under 1,000 per year within the next decade.
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Although roads are much safer than they were, progress in reducing deaths has slowed over the past decade. The government is working on a new "road safety strategy" that is likely to see it adopt a Scandinavian-like "Vision Zero": the idea that the only acceptable number of road deaths is nil.
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Although roads are much safer than they were, progress in reducing deaths has slowed over the past decade. The government is working on a new "road safety strategy" that is likely to see it adopt a Scandinavian-like "Vision Zero": the idea that the only acceptable number of road deaths is nil.
Telecoms pioneer no more...
November 27, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Telecoms pioneer no more...