Table 7: Accidents by light condition, road surface condition(1), severity. Built-up and non built-up roads, 2014-18 and 2017-2021 averages, 2017 to 2021

Accidents by light condition, road surface condition(1), severity. Built-up and non built-up roads, 2014-18 and 2017-2021 averages, 2017 to 2021.
		Built-up			Non Built-up			Total
		Fatal	Serious	Total	Fatal	Serious	Total	Fatal	Serious	Total
Daylight	2014-18 ave	30	1069	3,721	76	783	2,082	106	1,852	5,803
	2017	29	1023	3,399	72	748	1,908	101	1,771	5,307
	2018	28	932	2,991	74	749	1,767	102	1,681	4,758
	2019	30	891	2,689	81	669	1,558	111	1,560	4,247
	2020	24	556	1,778	47	396	980	71	952	2,758
	2021	27	613	1,790	66	478	1,122	93	1,091	2,912
	2017-21 ave	28	803	2,529	68	608	1,467	96	1,411	3,996
Darkness	2014-18 ave	19	434	1,319	35	273	721	55	706	2,040
	2017	15	397	1,193	24	232	618	39	630	1,811
	2018	15	377	1,046	33	251	628	48	628	1,674
	2019	22	347	975	24	230	551	46	577	1,526
	2020	26	251	719	34	157	413	60	408	1,132
	2021	15	204	609	27	148	378	42	352	987
	2017-21 ave	19	315	908	28	204	518	47	519	1,426
Dry	2014-18 ave	26	980	3,250	66	572	1,454	92	1,552	4,703
	2017	20	950	3,007	59	550	1,374	79	1,500	4,381
	2018	28	880	2,704	70	583	1,309	98	1,463	4,013
	2019	32	819	2,446	62	514	1,183	94	1,333	3,629
	2020	28	503	1,562	34	308	711	62	811	2,273
	2021	29	561	1,716	59	411	930	88	972	2,646
	2017-21 ave	27	743	2,287	57	473	1,101	84	1,216	3,388
Wet/damp/flood	2014-18 ave	22	498	1,672	44	423	1,162	66	921	2,834
	2017	22	443	1,452	36	376	983	58	819	2,435
	2018	15	400	1,195	36	350	881	51	750	2,076
	2019	20	397	1,152	42	346	820	62	743	1,972
	2020	22	295	909	44	223	596	66	518	1,505
	2021	13	241	627	30	185	484	43	426	1,111
	2017-21 ave	18	355	1,067	38	296	753	56	651	1,820
Snow/frost/ice	2014-18 ave	1	24	115	2	59	184	3	83	299
	2017	2	26	133	1	55	168	3	81	301
	2018	-	28	129	1	63	192	1	91	321
	2019	-	23	65	1	38	106	1	61	171
	2020	-	9	24	3	22	86	3	31	110
	2021	-	15	56	4	30	86	4	45	142
	2017-21 ave	0	20	81	2	42	128	2	62	209
All conditions	2014-18 ave	49	1,503	5,040	112	1,055	2,803	161	2,558	7,843
	2017	44	1420	4,592	96	981	2,526	140	2,401	7,118
	2018	43	1309	4,037	107	1000	2,395	150	2,309	6,432
	2019	52	1238	3,664	105	898	2,109	157	2,137	5,773
	2020	50	807	2,497	81	553	1,393	131	1,360	3,890
	2021	42	817	2,399	93	626	1,500	135	1,443	3,899
	2017-21 ave	46	1,118	3,438	96	812	1,985	143	1,930	5,422

1. Separate codes for the road surface conditions 'Oil or Diesel' and 'Mud' were used between 1999 and 2004, inclusive. With effect from 2005, 'Oil or diesel' and 'mud' have been recorded under 'Special Conditions at Site'. The accidents for which these codes were used are included in the 'All conditions' figures, but not under any of the categories 'Dry', 'Wet/Damp/Flood' or 'Snow/Frost/Ice', so these changes should have had very little or no effect on the time series.

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