The drink-drive limit could be cut and older drivers face mandatory eye tests as the Government tries to reduce the number of road deaths. Loading audio...

In a major overhaul of the UK's road safety laws , ministers are also considering tougher penalties for uninsured drivers and failing to wear a seatbelt, according to a report in The Times.

The proposals, set to be published as part of a road safety strategy in the autumn, come amid concern about the number of people being killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads.

Last year, 1,633 people were killed and almost 28,000 seriously injured in traffic incidents, and numbers have remained relatively constant following a large fall between 2000 and 2010.

A Labour source said: "At the end of the last Labour government, the number

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