​A non-religious service to remember road crash victims will take place in Bath on Sunday.

The campaign group RoadPeace will stage the humanist event at 4pm on what is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

The service takes place at the Chapel Arts Centre in Lower Borough Walls, close to a recently-unveiled memorial to crash victims at Pigeon Park.

Group members - many of whom have lost relatives in crashes, will join emergency services and council representatives and bereavement support organisations in the act of public remembrance.

The campaign day was introduced by RoadPeace in 1993 and adopted by the UN 12 years later.

The death rate on Britain’s roads fell to an all-time low last year, but the group says the impact of accidents remains as dramatic and devastating as ever.

A spokesman said: “A road death is not a normal death, but a sudden violent death that is often grossly premature and leaves the bereaved with long-term if not permanent devastation. Nor does a life have to be ended for there to be such suffering. For every person killed in a crash, there are several left with permanent disabilities. Thus this year we will be remembering those bereaved and also those grievously injured.”

Its national chair Cynthia Barlow added: “The purpose of this day is to acknowledge the pain and suffering of the bereaved and injured, remember the lives of our loved ones, give thanks to the emergency services, and highlight the need for change.”