3. Reported numbers of Accidents (Table 1)

3. Reported numbers of Accidents (Table 1)

3.1 Table 1 shows the downward trend of injury road accidents recorded by the police. In 2016, there were 8,346 accidents in which someone was killed or injured, 2 per cent fewer than in 2015 and the lowest number since records began. There were 175 fatal accidents in 2016, eighteen (11%) more than in 2015. In 2016, there were 1,428 serious injury accidents - an increase of 8 (1%) on 2015; and 6,743 slight injury accidents reported in 2016, 2 per cent (160) fewer than 2015.