Table 9a Cost per casualty by severity for GB (£) at 2017 prices; Table 9b Costs per accident by element of cost and severity

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2017

Table 9a Cost per casualty by severity for GB (£) at 2017 prices;
Table 9b Costs per accident by element of cost and severity

Table 9
(a) Cost per casualty by severity: average costs for Great Britain (£) at 2017 prices
  Killed Seriously Injured Slightly Injured Average all casualties
Average cost per casualty for Great Britain 1,897,129 213,184 16,434 64,726
(b) Costs per accident by element of cost and severity
  Accident Severity
  Fatal Serious Slight Damage only
Casualty related costs for GB:
Lost output 705,883 27,945 3,440  
Medical/ambulance 6,003 16,784 1,459  
Pain, grief, suffering 1,385,185 190,531 16,390  
Police and damage to property costs for GB:
Police/administration 20,804 2,425 627 41
Insurance 348 217 132 62
Damage to property Total 12,699 5,734 3,403 2,168
  - Motorways 19,571 16,699 8,448 2,946
- Non built-up roads 15,385 7,014 4,649 3,066
- Built-up roads 9,071 4,862 2,868 2,051
Total costs per accident for GB 2,130,922 243,635 25,451 2,272

Note: Police costs have been updated following a survey in 2011 of police forces in England, Scotland and Wales.

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