Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 8th November 2010
Date published/launched: November 2010
Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Quarterly Provisional Estimates provides estimates of personal injury road accidents and their casualties.
Provisional estimates show:
• Reported road casualties were down 3%, and killed or seriously injured casualties were down 7%, compared with the 12-month period ending June 2009. The number of fatalities fell by 19% over the same period.
• Pedestrian and car user casualties reported to the police both showed overall reductions of 3% compared with the year ending June 2010, whilst motorcycle user casualties fell by 6%. The number of motorcycle users reported killed or seriously injured fell by 6% whilst pedestrian and car user KSI casualties fell by 8% and 9% respectively. However, the total number of reported pedal cycle casualties rose by 4%, and the number killed or seriously injured rose by 1%.
• The overall number of reported child casualties fell by 3%, with those killed or seriously injured falling by 6% compared with the year ending June 2010.
• The number of injury road accidents reported to the police fell by 3% and the number of fatal accidents by 19% compared with the 12-month period ending June 2009.
• Road traffic was nearly 1% lower compared with the 12-month period ending June 2009.
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