Table A: Summary of reported road injury accident and reported casualty statistics: 2011 to 2021

Summary of reported road injury accident and reported casualty statistics: 2011 to 2021
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Accidents
Fatal	255	245	196	189	175	162	159	181	157	175	140	150	157	131	135
Fatal & adjusted serious	4,025	4,121	3,828	3,318	3,240	3,280	2,891	2,943	2,831	2,820	2,541	2,459	2,294	1,491	1,578
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	5,773	3,890	3,899
Accidents on built-up⁽¹⁾ roads
Fatal	71	82	56	56	61	64	44	67	47	44	44	43	52	50	42
Fatal & adjusted serious	2,207	2,263	1,971	1,772	1,823	1,859	1,632	1,701	1,623	1,620	1,464	1,352	1,290	857	859
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	3,664	2,497	2,399
Accidents on non built-up⁽¹⁾ roads
Fatal	184	163	140	133	114	98	115	114	110	131	96	107	105	81	93
Fatal & adjusted serious	1,819	1,858	1,857	1,545	1,417	1,421	1,259	1,242	1,209	1,200	1,077	1,107	1,003	634	719
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	2,109	1,393	1,500
Drink-drive accidents and casualties⁽²⁾
Accidents	670	660	660	530	490	440	330	340	340	410	270	280	230	190	..
Casualties (all severities)	940	960	920	750	680	580	450	460	470	580	410	400	350	250	..
Fatal casualties	30	40	30	20	20	10	20	20	20	30	10	20	20	20	..
Killed by mode of transport
Pedestrian	60	60	47	47	43	59	38	59	44	32	38	34	44	34	37
Pedal cycle	4	9	5	7	7	9	13	8	5	8	5	6	9	11	10
Motorcycle	40	34	43	35	33	21	23	30	27	30	29	33	25	16	30
Car	160	153	116	105	89	73	89	94	75	106	64	75	75	71	55
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	17	14	5	14	13	14	9	12	17	15	9	13	11	9	8
All modes of transport	281	270	216	208	185	176	172	203	168	191	145	161	164	141	140
Adjusted seriously injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian	1,068	1,074	888	809	869	807	721	732	727	707	617	585	570	323	302
Pedal cycle	254	264	272	265	285	316	299	309	302	292	294	270	235	247	196
Motorcycle	556	582	530	469	435	499	422	466	400	399	383	390	317	241	277
Car	2,100	2,142	2,107	1,713	1,531	1,598	1,419	1,370	1,330	1,421	1,227	1,197	1,159	620	709
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	335	337	314	301	295	302	247	225	233	238	221	206	169	101	131
All modes of transport	4,313	4,399	4,112	3,558	3,416	3,521	3,109	3,103	2,992	3,057	2,741	2,649	2,450	1,532	1,615
Slightly injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian	1,549	1,449	1,241	1,154	1,144	1,086	973	949	914	914	697	627	599	455	431
Pedal cycle	448	454	514	508	532	572	570	572	488	489	420	360	315	352	306
Motorcycle	444	423	441	340	337	343	327	324	308	280	203	216	171	162	148
Car	7,685	7,343	7,297	6,477	6,143	5,905	5,443	5,281	5,289	5,152	4,368	3,786	3,277	2,085	2,141
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	1,318	1,193	1,101	1,080	998	970	872	799	780	781	780	578	516	329	322
All modes of transport	11,444	10,862	10,593	9,558	9,153	8,877	8,184	7,924	7,779	7,616	6,469	5,566	4,878	3,383	3,348
All casualties by mode, by sex and by age
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	1,252	812	770
Pedal cycle	714	730	804	781	824	905	886	895	797	790	728	638	591	610	512
Motorcycle	1,061	1,042	1,021	845	806	867	775	826	735	709	620	640	522	419	455
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	4,614	2,776	2,905
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	726	439	461
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	7,705	5,056	5,103
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	4,344	3,095	3,080
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	3,351	1,961	2,023
Child: 0 - 15	1,816	1,689	1,473	1,378	1,316	1,167	1,052	1,029	971	999	900	754	769	493	494
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	1,007	732	705
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	4,476	3,069	3,019
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	1,439	762	884
Child⁴ killed by mode of transport
Pedestrian	4	4	1	1	2	1	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	1
Pedal cycle	1	2	1	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1
Car	4	13	3	1	5	-	2	4	-	7	-	-	-	2	2
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
All modes of transport	9	20	5	4	7	2	9	7	4	12	2	3	2	6	5
Child ⁴ adjusted seriously injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian	326	324	265	257	248	216	173	201	179	190	175	152	149	80	94
Pedal cycle	55	41	48	46	45	40	30	31	23	17	23	26	31	24	17
Car	111	106	112	87	75	75	69	58	59	79	57	57	57	30	24
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	20	23	21	16	13	14	13	17	9	13	18	6	6	10	5
All modes of transport	513	494	446	406	381	345	285	307	270	298	273	241	243	144	140
All child ⁴ casualties by mode
Pedestrian	882	831	674	642	646	521	462	499	460	478	401	334	332	226	243
Pedal cycle	174	150	148	146	135	121	112	81	71	55	67	64	74	60	59
Car	633	569	548	506	460	451	404	389	373	419	328	316	306	181	171
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	127	139	103	84	75	74	74	60	67	47	104	40	57	26	21
All modes of transport	1,816	1,689	1,473	1,378	1,316	1,167	1,052	1,029	971	999	900	754	769	493	494
Accident costs (£ million) ⁽³⁾					1,454	1,447	1,315	1,379	1,262	1,327	1,128	1,112	1,148	893	910

1. 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

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