Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 7th February 2011
Date published/launched: February 2011
Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Quarterly Provisional Estimates is a series providing estimates of personal injury road accidents and their casualties.
Provisional estimates for Q3 2010 show:
• Reported road casualties were down 3%, and killed or seriously injured casualties were down by 8%, compared with the 12-month period ending September 2009. The number of fatalities fell by 21%, to 1,900 over the same period.
• Pedestrian, motorcycle and car user casualties reported to the police showed overall reductions of 3%, 8% and 4% respectively compared with the year ending September 2009.
• The number of pedestrian and motorcycle users reported killed or seriously injured both fell by 8% whilst car user KSI casualties fell by 11%. However, the total number of reported pedal cycle casualties rose by 3%, and the number killed or seriously injured rose by 2%.
• The overall number of reported child casualties fell by 5%, with those killed or seriously injured also falling by 5% compared with the year ending September 2009.
• 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 September 2009.
• Road traffic was just 1.6% lower compared with the 12-month period ending September 2009.
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