Organisation: Department for Transport (DfT)
Date of Publication: November 2021
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 30 November 2021
This statistical release provides an estimate of the number of personal injury road traffic accidents in Great Britain that were reported by the police in the 12-month period ending June 2021 using the STATS19 reporting system. It also includes the number of people killed or injured in these accidents and which road user group they were in. These figures are provisional as they will change following the end of year validation process.
Recent trends in reported road casualties have been impacted by the national restrictions implemented from March 2020 onwards following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
There were an estimated 1,390 reported road deaths in the 12-month period ending June 2021, a decrease of 11% compared to the year ending June 2020. There was a decrease of 22% compared to the three rolling year average for 2017 to 2019 (prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic).
There were an estimated 24,530 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties in the year ending June 2021, a decrease of 6% compared to the year ending June 2020. There was a decrease of 22% compared to the 3 rolling year average for 2017 to 2019.
There were 119,850 casualties of all severities in the year ending June 2021, down by 9% from the year ending June 2020. There was a decrease of 28% from the 3 rolling year average for 2017 to 2019.
The overall casualty rate per billion vehicle miles decreased by 3% over the same period in 2020. There was a decrease of 14% from the 3 rolling year average for 2017 to 2019.
The reduction in total casualties is greater than the reduction in traffic which decreased by 5% from the year ending June 2020. There was a decrease of 16% from the 3 rolling year average for 2017 to 2019.
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