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 ³	Car or taxi	Bus / coach or minibus	Light goods	Heavy goods	All ¹
(a) vehicles involved in fatal and serious accidents
							number
14-18 average	314	450	3,109	131	262	134	4,476
2010	285	516	3,618	184	218	213	5,176
2011	307	484	3,521	196	222	167	5,025
2012	343	536	3,569	188	245	170	5,153
2013	330	451	3,193	159	230	161	4,615
2014	333	514	3,246	135	271	159	4,761
2015	326	439	3,215	128	272	154	4,601
2016	312	438	3,300	156	268	124	4,659
2017	314	419	2,948	114	251	115	4,235
2018	288	440	2,834	123	246	121	4,127
2019	261	361	2,670	91	224	102	3,783
2020	269	271	1,582	47	143	65	2,434
2021	213	314	1,730	58	149	66	2,613
2017-21 average	269	361	2,353	86	202	94	3,438
(b) vehicles involved - all severities of reported accident
							number
14-18 average	794	724	10,467	408	844	341	13,760
2010	810	860	13,160	668	752	546	17,242
2011	855	827	12,787	669	785	465	16,752
2012	934	891	12,547	574	806	453	16,530
2013	919	791	11,547	508	876	408	15,301
2014	924	846	11,501	476	878	419	15,290
2015	829	757	11,205	426	886	384	14,676
2016	809	728	11,381	448	910	322	14,752
2017	752	630	9,670	357	787	305	12,673
2018	658	657	8,576	331	760	274	11,411
2019	606	537	7,741	273	603	239	10,188
2020	627	426	4,790	126	394	146	6,675
2021	523	458	4,903	150	432	146	6,832
2017-21 average	633	542	7,136	247	595	222	9,556
c) traffic volumes ⁽²⁾
							million vehicle kilometres
14-18 average	317	280	35,350	540	7,602	2,555	46,645
2010	285	287	33,318	637	6,083	2,549	43,160
2011	291	293	33,323	597	6,099	2,481	43,085
2012	323	264	33,551	610	6,275	2,475	43,498
2013	319	277	33,640	605	6,377	2,492	43,711
2014	358	288	34,293	608	6,750	2,479	44,776
2015	331	285	34,596	587	7,066	2,511	45,374
2016	290	266	35,488	514	7,721	2,562	46,843
2017	294	280	36,076	525	8,257	2,614	48,045
2018	311	282	36,299	466	8,218	2,610	48,187
2019	365	291	36,678	514	8,277	2,587	48,713
2020	597	219	27,032	377	7,398	2,259	37,883
2021	435	243	31,063	424	8,745	2,500	43,410
2017-21 average	400	263	33,430	461	8,179	2,514	45,247

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. A new 'unknown cc' motor cycle category was included from 2013 onwards. Previously these vehicles were mistakenly included in the 'other' category. They are now included with motorcycles.

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