Road Casualties in Wales 2007

The latest National Statistics on Road Casualties produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 26 June 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Statistics on Road Casualties include data for Wales for the period up to the end of December 2007. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28 June 2007.

The key points from this release are:

• During 2007 there were 8,340 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police in Wales, 361 (4 per cent) fewer than in 2006.
• These accidents resulted in 12,271 casualties, 421 (3 per cent) fewer than in 2006. Within this total:
  - 162 people were killed on Welsh roads, 1 (1 per cent) fewer than in 2006;
  - 1,241 people were seriously injured in 2007, 31 (3 per cent) more than in 2006;
  - 10,868 people were slightly injured, a decrease of 451 (4 per cent) compared to the previous year.

To download the report please click here

The quarterly provisional statistics for road casualties in Wales in 2008 are also available by clicking here