But don't forget that more people are killed on the hard shoulder than on the road !!! Motorways are inherently dangerous.
Au contraire. Motorways are the safest roads on which to travel. Rural roads carry 40% of the traffic but are the locus of 62% of deaths. Motorways carry 20% of traffic but are the locus of only 6% of fatalities.
https://assets.publishing.service.g...ile/448037/road-fatalities-2013-data.pdf