Official Statistics

Reported road casualties Great Britain: main results 2011

2011 statistics for personal injury accidents on public roads in Great Britain which became known to the police.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
28 June 2012

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Reported road casualties Great Britain: main results 2011

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Details

These statistics refer to personal injury accidents in 2011 on public roads (including footways) which became known to the police.

Figures for deaths refer to people who sustained injuries which caused death less than 30 days after the accident. A more comprehensive analysis of 2011 casualty statistics will be published later this year in Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2011 annual report.

Key points

  • The annual number of people killed in road accidents reported to the police has increased, by 3 per cent, from 1,850 in 2010 to 1,901 in 2011. This is the first increase since 2003.
  • The number of people reported killed or seriously injured has also increased by 2 per cent to 25,023 from 24,510 in 2010 - the first annual increase since 1994.
  • The total number of casualties (slight injuries, serious injuries and fatalities) in road accidents reported to the police in Great Britain in 2011 continued to fall, by 2 per cent, from 208,648 in 2010 to 203,950 in 2011.
  • Total reported child casualties (ages 0-15) have continued to fall, by 0.5 per cent in 2011 to 19,474. The number of children killed or seriously injured also fell, decreasing by 4 per cent to 2,412 in 2011, from 2,502 in 2010.
  • Vehicle traffic levels are broadly stable after falling for 3 years. The overall casualty rate for accidents reported to the police per billion vehicle miles continued to fall to 666 per billion vehicle miles, compared to 681 casualties per billion vehicle miles in 2010 but the killed or seriously injured rate increased to 82 per billion vehicle miles.

Technical information

Information on road accidents and safety statistics, including the pre-release access list can be found here.

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Published 28 June 2012