Summary
A report by the Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed that in 2009 there were 316 fewer fatalities as a result of road accidents in Great Britain.
'Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2009' presents detailed statistics about the circumstances of personal injury road accidents collected by the police STATS19 system; the reference number used to record incidents.
The data collected for the report includes the time and location of the accident, the types of vehicles involved and what they were doing at the time of the accident, as well as some information on the drivers and casualties involved.
Overall in 2009 there were a total of 222, 146 reported casualties spanning all severities which is 4% lower than 2008.
It should be noted that a significant number of non-fatal injury accidents are not reported to the authorities. The current best estimate for the total number of road casualties in Great Britain each year is 700,000.
The report covers seven areas of road safety topics:
- an overview and trends in the police data;
- valuation of road accidents and casualties;
- drinking and driving;
- contributory factors in road accidents;
- survey data on road traffic accidents, including an overall estimate of total casualties;
- hospital admissions data on road casualties; and
- road safety research.
Inevitably, the data has limitations and this should be taken into consideration if using these statistics as a key point of reference. However, police data on road accidents remains the most detailed, complete and reliable single source of information on road casualties covering the whole of Great Britain. This data is collated to inform the public and support policy on road safety.
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