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Reported road casualties in Great Britain, provisional estimates: 2024

Published 29 May 2025

About this release

This release provides an estimate of the number of personal injury road traffic casualties in Great Britain that were reported by the police in 2024 using the STATS19 reporting system. These figures are provisional as they will change following the end of year validation process.

Data by road user type and police force are available in the accompanying data tables.

These are accredited official statistics^{[footnote 1]} and were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in July 2009. For more information, see the about these statistics section.

1. Headline figures

In reported road collisions in Great Britain in 2024 there were an estimated:

• 1,633 fatalities, an increase of 1% compared to 2023

• 29,537 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties, little change compared to 2023

• 128,375 casualties of all severities, a decline of 3% compared to 2023

Considering the different road user types and demographics, the statistics show:

• of the 4 main road user types, the road user type with the biggest estimated percentage change for 2024 compared to 2023 for fatalities was motorcyclists, which showed an increase of 9%

• of the 4 main road user types, motorcyclists had the biggest estimated percentage change for 2024 compared to 2023 for all casualties, which showed a decline of 6%

• in 2024, 76% of fatalities and 61% of casualties of all severities were male

Chart 1: Reported road KSI (adjusted) casualties, in Great Britain, 2014 to 2024 (provisional)

2. Things you need to know

2.1 Provisional figures

Figures in this release are provisional and are based on data supplied by police forces as at 9 May 2025. Figures will change following updates from the police and the end of year validation process, and the addition of a small number of known missing collisions. Further details are given in the background information section.

2.2 Severity adjustment

The figures in this release for injured casualties are based on adjusting figures reported by the police to take account of changes in the reporting of injury severity by some police forces in recent years. These adjusted figures can reliably be used to compare trends over time across the country. More details can be found in our severity adjustments guidance.

2.3 Data coverage

There is no obligation for people to report all personal injury collisions to the police. These figures, therefore, do not represent the full range of all collisions or casualties in Great Britain. All collisions reported by the police and that occurred on a public highway involving at least one motor vehicle, horse rider or pedal cyclist, and where at least one person was injured, are included in these statistics.

More information on STATS19, how road traffic casualty data is collected and how these figures are produced can be found in the accompanying guidance.

3. Overall casualties

3.1 Casualties by severity

Casualties are broken down into fatalities (people killed in road collisions), and those injured (further split into seriously and slightly injured based on type of injury sustained). Killed and seriously injured casualties are commonly grouped together as ‘KSIs’.

It has long been known that non-fatal (and particularly slight) casualties are under-reported to the police, though we believe that the trends shown are likely to reflect genuine changes. Further information is available in the quality section below.

Chart 2 and Table 1 show the trend in road casualties by severity over the last decade. Trends in road casualties are affected by a wide range of factors, with 2020 and 2021 being impacted by COVID-19. In the decade prior to the pandemic in 2020, fatalities had been generally stable, with a steady decline in overall casualties. Figures from 2022 onwards show a return to the pre-pandemic trends.

Road casualty counts are also affected by traffic levels; however, traffic data for 2024 is not yet available.

In reported road collisions in Great Britain in 2024 there were an estimated:

• 1,633 fatalities, an increase of 1% compared to 2023

• 29,537 KSI casualties, little change compared to 2023

• 128,375 casualties of all severities, a decline of 3% compared to 2023

Chart 2: Reported road casualties by severity, in Great Britain, 2014 to 2024 (provisional) RAS91

Table 1: Reported road casualties by severity, in Great Britain, 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 and 2014 RAS91

Severity	2024	% change from 2023	% change from 2014
Killed	1,633	1	-8
Seriously injured (adjusted)	27,904	0	-15
KSI (adjusted)	29,537	0	-14
Slightly injured (adjusted)	98,838	-4	-38
All casualties	128,375	-3	-34

4. Trends in casualty rates

Road traffic data is not yet available for 2024. Statistics on casualty rates will be included in the final version of these statistics scheduled for publication in September.

5. Casualties by road user type

The 4 main road user types (car occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists and pedal cyclists) are used in the charts below to show comparisons with 2023.

While provisional statistics for the 4 main road user types are likely to give a reasonable indication of trends, figures for other road user types can be impacted by classification issues, as explained in the quality section below. Therefore, these figures should be interpreted with caution.

‘Other vehicle occupants’ include e-scooters, which account for much of the increase in casualties for this road user category compared to 2019 figures, prior to the rollout of the national e-scooter trials.

Provisionally, there were an estimated 1,214 casualties in collisions involving e-scooters, compared to 1,387 in 2023. There were 4 killed in collisions involving e-scooters (4 of whom were e-scooter riders) compared to 6 in 2023. Our best estimate, after adjusting for changes in reporting by police, is that there were 394 seriously injured and 816 slightly injured in collisions involving e-scooters, this compares to 414 and 967 respectively in 2023.

5.1 Fatalities by road user type

Chart 3 shows fatalities for 2024 for the 4 main road user types: car occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists and pedal cyclists.

In 2024, 43% of fatalities were car occupants, 25% were pedestrians, 21% were motorcyclists and 5% were pedal cyclists.

For fatalities, of these 4 road user types:

• the biggest percentage change compared to 2023 was for motorcyclists, which showed an increase of 9%

• car occupants showed a decline of 2%

• pedal cyclists showed a decline of 2%

• pedestrians showed an increase of 2%

Chart 3: Reported road fatalities by road user type, Great Britain in 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 RAS91

Table 2: Reported road fatalities by road user type, in Great Britain, 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 and 2014 RAS91

Road User Type	2024	% change from 2023	% change from 2014
Car occupants	710	-2	-11
Pedestrians	413	2	-7
Motorcyclists	343	9	1
Pedal cyclists	85	-2	-25
Goods vehicles occupants	51	-4	9
Other vehicle occupants	28	-20	8
Bus or coach occupants	3	-25	-57

5.2 All casualties by road user type

Chart 4 shows overall casualties figures split into the 4 main road user types: car occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists and pedal cyclists.

In 2024, 55% of casualties were car occupants, 15% were pedestrians, 12% were motorcyclists and 11% were pedal cyclists.

For all casualties, of these 4 road user types:

• the biggest percentage change compared to 2023 was for motorcyclists, which showed a decline of 6%

• there was also a decrease for car occupant and pedal cyclist casualties, but pedestrian casualty numbers were at a similar level to 2023

Chart 4: Reported road casualties by road user type, Great Britain, 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 RAS91

Table 3: Reported road casualties by road user type, Great Britain, 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 and 2014 RAS91

Road User Type	2024	% change from 2023	% change from 2014
Car occupants	70,109	-4	-39
Pedestrians	19,278	0	-22
Motorcyclists	15,952	-6	-22
Pedal cyclists	14,523	-3	-32
Goods vehicles occupants	4,176	-9	-34
Bus or coach occupants	2,239	-7	-57
Other vehicle occupants	2,098	8	105

6. Casualties by age and sex

Chart 5 shows fatalities and all casualties split by both sex and age group.

Overall, in 2024:

• 76% of fatalities and 61% of casualties of all severities were male
• 4% of fatalities and 10% of casualties were aged 16 years old and under
• 22% of fatalities and 28% of casualties were aged 17 to 29 years old
• 22% of fatalities and 8% of casualties were aged 70 years old and over

Chart 5: Reported road fatalities and all casualties by age group and sex in Great Britain, 2014 to 2024 (provisional) RAS91

6.1 Fatalities by age and sex

Overall, 76% of fatalities were male in 2024.

In 2024 the age group with the most male fatalities was 50 to 69 year olds with 342 fatalities, an increase of 23% compared to 2023. For females the age group with the most fatalities in 2024 was 70 year olds and over with 128 fatalities, a decline of 14% compared to 2023.

As the numbers in each group are small, there can be large fluctuations when comparing between years, as shown in Chart 5 and Table 4.

Table 4: Reported road fatalities by age group and sex in Great Britain, 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 and 2014 RAS91

Sex	Age group (years)	2024	% change from 2023	% change from 2014
Male	0 to 16	41	-21	17
Male	17 to 29	294	-4	-27
Male	30 to 49	341	-4	-10
Male	50 to 69	342	23	15
Male	70 and over	224	3	15
Male	All ages	1,245	3	-5
Female	0 to 16	23	0	-28
Female	17 to 29	67	-8	-34
Female	30 to 49	78	16	-9
Female	50 to 69	90	-13	-5
Female	70 and over	128	-14	-15
Female	All ages	387	-7	-17

6.2 All casualties by age and sex

Overall, 61% of casualties of all severities were male in 2024.

In 2024 the age group with the most male casualties of all severities was 30 to 49 year olds with 25,048 casualties. For females the 30 to 49 year old age group also had the most casualties of all severities in 2024 with 15,814 casualties.

Compared to 2023 there was a slightly larger fall in male casualties than female casualties, as shown in Table 5. For both males and females, the age group showing the largest percentage reduction in casualties was 17 to 29 year olds.

Table 5: Reported road casualties by age group and sex in Great Britain, 2024 (provisional) compared with 2023 and 2014 RAS91

Sex	Age group (years)	2024	% change from 2023	% change from 2014
Male	0 to 16	7,896	1	-29
Male	17 to 29	22,909	-6	-40
Male	30 to 49	25,048	-6	-35
Male	50 to 69	15,288	-1	-23
Male	70 and over	5,155	3	-14
Male	All ages	77,451	-4	-33
Female	0 to 16	5,214	-2	-36
Female	17 to 29	12,331	-5	-49
Female	30 to 49	15,814	-3	-36
Female	50 to 69	10,323	-3	-30
Female	70 and over	4,883	2	-21
Female	All ages	49,402	-3	-38

7. Background quality information

Detailed guidance on road casualty statistics is given on our guidance page. A full list of the definitions used in this publication can be found in our notes and definitions documentation.

7.1 Quality and methodology

Quality

Road casualty statistics have been assessed as accredited official statistics, indicating compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Full details of the quality of these statistics are available in the background quality report.

There are several important areas which users of the statistics should be aware of which are listed below.

Provisional figures

These provisional annual figures are the second accredited official statistics published on the number of road casualties in Great Britain during 2024. They follow the mid-year estimates published in November 2024. Final annual figures are scheduled for publication in September 2025.

This publication is based on data supplied by police forces up to 9 May. All police forces have supplied data for all months, however there are around 100 collisions for which data has not been provided, including 2 fatalities. This data will be included in the final statistics in September.

Provisional results for some road user types can be impacted by misclassified vehicle types. Misclassified vehicle types are reported back to the police who will return a designated vehicle type where notified. Vehicles are matched to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database and where there is a good body type match, vehicle type may be reclassified.

These factors are unlikely to affect the high-level national trends shown, but will have a bigger impact on figures for individual police force areas.

Comparison of provisional and final figures

In order to assess the impact of the validation process an assessment of the difference between published provisional figures and final figures has been conducted. This analysis shows that there are only minor changes between the provisional and final figures at a national level (typically less than 1%) and these do not affect the overall trends. There is also no specific bias to the differences, with some provisional figures being over-estimates and some being under-estimates. Further details are available in the background quality report.

Under-reporting

Comparisons of road collision reports with death registrations show that very few, if any, road collision fatalities are not reported to the police. However, a considerable proportion of non-fatal casualties are not known to the police, as hospital, survey and compensation claims data all indicate a higher number of casualties than those recorded in police collision data. More information on the coherence of the police reported data with alternative sources can be found in our comparison to other sources of information on road casualties.

Changes in reporting systems used by police forces

From 2016 onwards, figures on the severity of injury have been affected by a large number of police forces changing their reporting systems. It is likely that the recording of injury severity is more accurate for forces using these new reporting systems. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Methodology Advisory Service have completed analysis to quantify the effect of the introduction of new injury based reporting systems on the number of slight and serious injuries reported to the police, and to estimate the level of slight and serious injuries as if all police forces were using injury-based reporting systems.

For more information, please see our guide to severity adjustments.

During 2024, several police forces moved to injury-based reporting, including Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Cheshire and Cleveland. However, within this publication severity adjustments are still used for the latter 3 forces while we further assess the quality of the injury-based data supplied.

Online self-reporting

Online self-reporting is part of a wider project for digital public contact known as Single Online Home. It is funded by the Home Office to allow people involved in road traffic collisions to report the collision to the police online should they choose to do so, rather than having to physically report it at a police station.

The principle of online reporting is to make it easier for members of the public to report collisions. It is expected that the introduction of online reporting will affect the number of non-fatal (and particularly slight) casualties reported and therefore impact the total for Great Britain, as the public will have more reporting options available to them. See our analysis of the impact of online self reporting for more details.

7.2 User engagement, developments and STATS19 review

Details of users and uses of road casualty statistics and response to recent user feedback is available from our user engagement page.

The STATS19 system which provides the majority of statistics for this publication is periodically reviewed to keep up with changes in technology, to make improvements to completeness and accuracy, and to reduce the reporting burden. An update on progress in implementing the recommendations of the latest review can be found via the above link.

7.3 About these statistics

These official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in July 2009. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’.

They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure they meet customer needs. More information can be found on our national statistics status webpage.

Details of Ministers and officials who receive pre-release access to these statistics up to 24 hours before release can be found in our pre-release access list.

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