Table A: Summary of reported road injury accident and reported casualty statistics: 2010 to 2020
Accidents
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Fatal | 255 | 245 | 196 | 189 | 175 | 162 | 159 | 181 | 157 | 175 | 140 | 150 | 159 | 131 |
Fatal & serious 5 | 2,304 | 2,487 | 2,194 | 1,902 | 1,850 | 1,898 | 1,584 | 1,669 | 1,578 | 1,608 | 1,518 | 1,521 | 1,834 | 1,502 |
All severities | 12,507 | 12,159 | 11,556 | 10,295 | 9,985 | 9,777 | 8,974 | 8,833 | 8,477 | 8,355 | 7,118 | 6,432 | 5,806 | 3,878 |
Accidents on built-up(1) roads
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Fatal | 71 | 82 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 44 | 67 | 47 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 52 | 50 |
Fatal & serious 5 | 1,207 | 1,359 | 1,089 | 981 | 1,014 | 1,049 | 850 | 921 | 880 | 860 | 836 | 792 | 1,015 | 861 |
All severities | 7,782 | 7,464 | 6,991 | 6,341 | 6,359 | 6,165 | 5,747 | 5,703 | 5,401 | 5,466 | 4,592 | 4,037 | 3,679 | 2,487 |
Accidents on non built-up(1) roads
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Fatal | 184 | 163 | 140 | 133 | 114 | 98 | 115 | 114 | 110 | 131 | 96 | 107 | 107 | 81 |
Fatal & serious 5 | 1,097 | 1,128 | 1,105 | 921 | 836 | 849 | 734 | 748 | 698 | 748 | 682 | 729 | 819 | 641 |
All severities | 4,725 | 4,695 | 4,565 | 3,954 | 3,626 | 3,612 | 3,227 | 3,130 | 3,076 | 2,889 | 2,526 | 2,395 | 2,127 | 1,391 |
Drink-drive accidents and casualties(2)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Accidents | 670 | 660 | 660 | 530 | 490 | 440 | 330 | 340 | 340 | 410 | 270 | 280 | 230 | .. |
Casualties (all severities) | 940 | 960 | 920 | 750 | 680 | 580 | 450 | 460 | 470 | 580 | 410 | 400 | 350 | .. |
Fatal casualties | 30 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 | .. |
Killed by mode of transport
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 60 | 60 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 59 | 38 | 59 | 44 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 44 | 34 |
Pedal cycle | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
Motorcycle | 40 | 34 | 43 | 35 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 25 | 16 |
Car | 160 | 153 | 116 | 105 | 89 | 73 | 89 | 94 | 75 | 106 | 64 | 75 | 76 | 71 |
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) | 17 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
All modes of transport | 281 | 270 | 216 | 208 | 185 | 176 | 172 | 203 | 168 | 191 | 145 | 161 | 166 | 141 |
Seriously injured casualties by mode 5
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 594 | 645 | 509 | 457 | 515 | 461 | 401 | 420 | 424 | 398 | 380 | 362 | 463 | 323 |
Pedal cycle | 147 | 155 | 152 | 138 | 156 | 169 | 149 | 159 | 164 | 148 | 171 | 157 | 183 | 245 |
Motorcycle | 381 | 396 | 332 | 319 | 291 | 343 | 281 | 327 | 258 | 268 | 281 | 283 | 277 | 242 |
Car | 1,110 | 1,203 | 1,135 | 903 | 758 | 847 | 718 | 686 | 638 | 762 | 662 | 668 | 882 | 635 |
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) | 153 | 176 | 159 | 152 | 158 | 161 | 118 | 109 | 118 | 122 | 100 | 114 | 125 | 102 |
All modes of transport | 2,385 | 2,575 | 2,287 | 1,969 | 1,878 | 1,981 | 1,667 | 1,701 | 1,602 | 1,698 | 1,594 | 1,584 | 1,930 | 1,547 |
Slightly injured casualties by mode
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 2,050 | 1,888 | 1,643 | 1,509 | 1,507 | 1,459 | 1,295 | 1,266 | 1,222 | 1,233 | 945 | 860 | 758 | 455 |
Pedal cycle | 563 | 566 | 647 | 636 | 661 | 727 | 724 | 728 | 628 | 634 | 552 | 475 | 399 | 349 |
Motorcycle | 640 | 612 | 646 | 491 | 482 | 503 | 471 | 469 | 450 | 411 | 310 | 324 | 223 | 160 |
Car | 8,793 | 8,314 | 8,328 | 7,293 | 6,930 | 6,745 | 6,157 | 6,006 | 6,000 | 5,829 | 4,981 | 4,342 | 3,668 | 2,063 |
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) | 1,527 | 1,367 | 1,276 | 1,232 | 1,142 | 1,121 | 1,006 | 929 | 907 | 902 | 906 | 678 | 601 | 325 |
All modes of transport | 13,573 | 12,747 | 12,540 | 11,161 | 10,722 | 10,555 | 9,653 | 9,398 | 9,207 | 9,009 | 7,694 | 6,679 | 5,649 | 3,352 |
All casualties by mode, by sex and by age
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 2,704 | 2,593 | 2,199 | 2,013 | 2,065 | 1,979 | 1,734 | 1,745 | 1,690 | 1,663 | 1,363 | 1,256 | 1,265 | 812 |
Pedal cycle | 714 | 730 | 804 | 781 | 824 | 905 | 886 | 895 | 797 | 790 | 728 | 638 | 592 | 605 |
Motorcycle | 1,061 | 1,042 | 1,021 | 845 | 806 | 867 | 775 | 826 | 735 | 709 | 620 | 640 | 525 | 418 |
Car | 10,063 | 9,670 | 9,579 | 8,301 | 7,777 | 7,665 | 6,964 | 6,786 | 6,713 | 6,697 | 5,707 | 5,085 | 4,626 | 2,769 |
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) | 1,697 | 1,557 | 1,440 | 1,398 | 1,313 | 1,296 | 1,133 | 1,050 | 1,042 | 1,039 | 1,015 | 805 | 737 | 436 |
All modes of transport | 16,239 | 15,592 | 15,043 | 13,338 | 12,785 | 12,712 | 11,492 | 11,302 | 10,977 | 10,898 | 9,433 | 8,424 | 7,745 | 5,040 |
Male | 9,302 | 8,843 | 8,450 | 7,541 | 7,310 | 7,217 | 6,509 | 6,433 | 6,183 | 6,122 | 5,298 | 4,845 | 4,365 | 3,089 |
Female | 6,917 | 6,738 | 6,587 | 5,787 | 5,469 | 5,489 | 4,973 | 4,865 | 4,784 | 4,767 | 4,134 | 3,569 | 3,370 | 1,951 |
Child: 0 - 15 | 1,816 | 1,689 | 1,473 | 1,378 | 1,316 | 1,167 | 1,052 | 1,029 | 971 | 999 | 900 | 754 | 773 | 493 |
Young adult: 16-22 | 3,419 | 3,175 | 3,086 | 2,491 | 2,243 | 2,299 | 1,893 | 1,883 | 1,690 | 1,605 | 1,398 | 1,100 | 1,011 | 731 |
Adult: 23-59 | 8,931 | 8,706 | 8,450 | 7,713 | 7,360 | 7,404 | 6,770 | 6,651 | 6,630 | 6,604 | 5,615 | 5,026 | 4,501 | 3,057 |
Older adults: 60+ | 2,044 | 2,000 | 1,997 | 1,732 | 1,845 | 1,836 | 1,752 | 1,725 | 1,673 | 1,674 | 1,497 | 1,517 | 1,446 | 759 |
Child4 killed by mode of transport
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Pedal cycle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Car | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 2 |
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
All modes of transport | 9 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Child4 seriously injured casualties by mode 5
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 181 | 194 | 155 | 150 | 139 | 132 | 91 | 116 | 97 | 105 | 107 | 96 | 107 | 80 |
Pedal cycle | 28 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 24 |
Car | 51 | 56 | 62 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 38 | 30 |
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...) | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
All modes of transport | 269 | 279 | 253 | 223 | 203 | 194 | 141 | 171 | 140 | 167 | 153 | 142 | 176 | 144 |
All child4 casualties by mode
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Pedestrian | 882 | 831 | 674 | 642 | 646 | 521 | 462 | 499 | 460 | 478 | 401 | 334 | 333 | 226 |
Pedal cycle | 174 | 150 | 148 | 146 | 135 | 121 | 112 | 81 | 71 | 55 | 67 | 64 | 75 | 60 |
Car | 633 | 569 | 548 | 506 | 460 | 451 | 404 | 389 | 373 | 419 | 328 | 316 | 308 | 181 |
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...) | 127 | 139 | 103 | 84 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 60 | 67 | 47 | 104 | 40 | 57 | 26 |
All modes of transport | 1,816 | 1,689 | 1,473 | 1,378 | 1,316 | 1,167 | 1,052 | 1,029 | 971 | 999 | 900 | 754 | 773 | 493 |
Accident costs (£ million)(3)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
1,409 | 1,328 | 1,321 | 1,200 | 1,259 | 1,152 | 1,212 | 1,030 | 1,015 | 1,062 | 818 |
Built-up roads have a speed limit of up to 40mph; Non built-up roads have a speed limit of over 40mph
2. Estimates, adjusted for under-reporting as described in the text accompanying Table 22. The latest year's estimates are not yet available.
3. Estimated total costs (including damage only accidents) at 2017 prices, calculated as described in the text accompanying Tables 9 to 11.
4. Child 0-15 years
5. Due to changes in the the way casualty severities are recorded, serious and slight figures in 2019 and 2020 are not comparable with previous years.
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