TSGB 2011: Transport accidents and casualties

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Summary

This chapter of Transport Statistics Great Britain presents statistics on road and rail accidents and casualties.

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Key points

In 2010, there were a total of 208,648 reported road casualties of all severities, 39 per cent lower than in 1990.
A total of 1,850 people were killed, 65 per cent lower than in 1990, 22,660 were seriously injured (down 63 per cent) and 184,138 were slightly injured (down 33 per cent). Between 1990 and 2010 traffic grew by 20 per cent.
There were 206,850 casualties (slight injuries, serious injuries and fatalities), 5 per cent less than the year ending June 2010.
Excluding suicides, in 2010/11 there were 40 fatalities on the National Rail network, a 43 per cent fall from 2009/10 when there were 70. This reduction is mainly due to a large fall in the number of trespassers killed, 27 of whom were killed in 2010/11 compared to 50 the year before. There were also 8 passenger fatalities, 1 member of the workforce and 4 members of the public (excluding trespassers).
Excluding attempted suicides, there were 395 major injuries in 2010/11 compared to 396 the previous year. This number has fallen by 21 per cent since 2001/02. Overall casualties rose by 2 per cent from 12,585 in 2009/10 to 12,841 in 2010/11, although this follows six consecutive years of falls. Passenger kilometres rose by 6 per cent from 2009/10 to 2010/11, and have risen by 38 per cent since 2001/02.

Information on aviation accidents can be found in the Aviation chapter.

Table number	Table name	Alternative number
TSGB0801	Reported road accidents and casualties: 1950 – latest year available	RAS40007
TSGB0802	Reported road accident casualties by road user type and severity	RAS30069
TSGB0803	Reported accidents and accident rates by road class and severity, Great Britain, annual comparison of 1994-1998 average up to latest year	RAS10002
TSGB0804	Reported road accidents: breath tests performed on car drivers and motorcycle riders involved in injury accidents: Great Britain	RAS51014
TSGB0805	Railway accidents: casualties: by type of accident	-
TSGB0806	Railway movement accidents: passenger casualties and casualty rates	-
TSGB0807	Railway accidents: train accidents	-
TSGB0808	SPADs on Network Rail controlled infrastructure	-
TSGB0809	International comparisons of road deaths for selected OECD countries	RAS52002
TSGB0810	Reported roadside screening breath tests and breath test failures: England and Wales	RAS51016
TSGB0811	Motor vehicle offences: findings of guilt at all courts fixed penalty notices and written warnings: by type of offence: England and Wales	RAS61001

Technical information

Full guidance on the methods used to compile these statistics and their sources can be found in the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2011 Notes and Definitions: