Table 13: Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident. Years: 2010 to 2021, and 2014-18 and 2017-2021 averages (1)

Table 13: Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident. Years: 2010 to 2021, and 2014-18 and 2017-2021 averages

Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident. Years: 2010 to 2021, and 2014-18 and 2017-2021 averages
Pedal cycle Motorcycle Car or taxi Bus/coach or minibus Light goods Heavy goods All 1
(d) vehicle involvement rates: fatal and serious accidents (per million vehicle kilometres)
14-18 average 0.99 1.61 0.09 0.24 0.03 0.05 0.10
2010 1.00 1.80 0.11 0.29 0.04 0.08 0.12
2011 1.05 1.65 0.11 0.33 0.04 0.07 0.12
2012 1.06 2.03 0.11 0.31 0.04 0.07 0.12
2013 1.04 1.63 0.09 0.26 0.04 0.06 0.11
2014 0.93 1.78 0.09 0.22 0.04 0.06 0.11
2015 0.98 1.54 0.09 0.22 0.04 0.06 0.10
2016 1.07 1.64 0.09 0.30 0.03 0.05 0.10
2017 1.07 1.50 0.08 0.22 0.03 0.04 0.09
2018 0.93 1.56 0.08 0.26 0.03 0.05 0.09
2019 0.71 1.24 0.07 0.18 0.03 0.04 0.08
2020 0.45 1.24 0.06 0.12 0.02 0.03 0.06
2021 0.49 1.29 0.06 0.14 0.02 0.03 0.06
2017-21 average 0.67 1.37 0.07 0.19 0.02 0.04 0.08
(e) vehicle involvement rates: all severities of accident (per million vehicle kilometres)
14-18 average 2.51 2.58 0.30 0.76 0.11 0.13 0.29
2010 2.84 2.99 0.39 1.05 0.12 0.21 0.40
2011 2.94 2.82 0.38 1.12 0.13 0.19 0.39
2012 2.90 3.37 0.37 0.94 0.13 0.18 0.38
2013 2.88 2.85 0.34 0.84 0.14 0.16 0.35
2014 2.58 2.93 0.34 0.78 0.13 0.17 0.34
2015 2.50 2.66 0.32 0.73 0.13 0.15 0.32
2016 2.79 2.73 0.32 0.87 0.12 0.13 0.31
2017 2.56 2.25 0.27 0.68 0.10 0.12 0.26
2018 2.12 2.33 0.24 0.71 0.09 0.10 0.24
2019 1.66 1.84 0.21 0.53 0.07 0.09 0.21
2020 1.05 1.94 0.18 0.33 0.05 0.06 0.18
2021 1.20 1.88 0.16 0.35 0.05 0.06 0.16
2017-21 average 1.58 2.06 0.21 0.54 0.07 0.09 0.21

1. Includes a small number of 'unknown' and 'other' types of vehicles.

2. There may be slight differences between the vehicle types used for road accident statistics and those used for the traffic estimates.

3. Due to changes in the the way casualty severities are recorded, figures for serious casualties in 2019 are not comparable with previous years.

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