Road Casualties in England 2007

The report ‘Road Casualties Great Britain: 2007’ published on 25 September 2008 and the supplementary ‘Road Casualties English Local Authority Tables’ published 6 November 2008 provide detailed statistics on police recorded road casualties occurring in 2007 in England, the Regions and Local Authorities. Headlines include:

There were 219,464 road casualties in England, 9,113 (4%) fewer than in 2006, of which:

• 2,502 people were killed, 193 (7%) fewer than in 2006
• 24,218 were seriously injured, 638 (3%) fewer than in 2006
• 26,720 were killed or seriously injured, 831 (3%) fewer than in 2006. This is 14,905 (35%) fewer than the average for 1994-98 and thus on track to meeting the government target of a 40% reduction by 2010.
• Of those killed or seriously injured, 11,001 (41%) were car users, 6,057 (23%) were motorcyclists, 6,007 (22%) were pedestrians and 2,335 (9%) were pedal cyclists
• 2,671 children were killed or seriously injured, 108 (4%) fewer than in 2006.This is 3,058 (53%) fewer than the average for 1994-98 and has thus exceeded the government target to halve the level by 2010.

The main report also use England data to explore
i) the significant undercount of police recording compared to NHS statistics and
ii) road casualties in relation to deprived areas.

To access both resources click here

The latest provisional statistics for 2008 published 6 November are also available, to access them click here