Casualties by gender and age

Figure 7 shows the number of reported casualties by gender and age. This figure does not account for differences between age groups in the level of exposure to risk; for example, we do not have control over the number of people in each group with driving licences or the overall number of people in each age group.

In 2025, male fatalities fell by 19 to 96. Female fatalities fell by 7 to 38. Fourteen per cent (766) of all casualties were aged 16–22, a decrease of 4% on 2024. Of these casualties, 496 were male and 270 were female.

Child Casualties

For the purposes of these statistics, casualties under the age of 16 are classified as child casualties. Figure 8 shows there were 526 child casualties reported in 2025, representing 10% of all casualties (526 out of 5,535) and an increase of 31 (or 6%) from 2024. Of these, one died, two less than in 2024. The child killed in 2025 was a pedestrian. The numbers of fatalities are small, so care should be taken when drawing conclusions from year-on-year changes and trends should be looked at over the longer term.

There were 239 child pedestrian casualties recorded in 2025. They accounted for 28% of all pedestrian casualties of all ages (239 out of 867). Of the child pedestrian casualties, 97 were seriously-injured and one died. The number killed was the same as 2024.

In 2025, there were 189 child casualties in cars, 6% of all car-user casualties (189 out of 3,092). Of the child casualties in cars, 35 were seriously injured and none died.

In 2025, there were 41 child pedal cycle casualties (10% of the total of 392 pedal cycle casualties of all ages) including 18 who were seriously-injured, there were no child pedal cyclists killed in 2025, one less than in 2024.