Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 8th July 2013
Date published/launched: June 2013
The number of fatalities in 2012 was 1,754, compared with 1,901 in 2011 – a fall of 8%. The number of people seriously injured also fell by 0.4% (from 23,122 in 2011 to 23,039 in 2012). This figure is 15% lower than the 2005-09 average.
The total number of road casualties reported to the police in 2012 was 195,723, down 4% from the 2011 total.
However, the number of cyclists killed rose by 10% from 107 in 2011 to 118 in 2012.
Total reported child causalities (ages 0-15 years) fell by 11% to 17,251 in 2012. The number of children killed or seriously injured also fell, decreasing by 6% to 2,272 in 2012 from 2,412 in 2011.
A total of 145,571 personal-injury road collisions were reported to the police in 2012, 4% lower than in 2011.
Vehicle traffic levels remained broadly stable for the second year running, though there was a small fall of 0.4% between 2011 and 2012.
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