Organisation: Welsh Assembly Government/Road Safety Wales
Date uploaded: 8th July 2015
Date published/launched: June 2015
Key points
• During 2014 there were 5,876 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police in Wales, a fall of 0.3% compared to 2013.
• These accidents resulted in 8,208 casualties, 127 fewer than in 2013.
• Within this total: 103 people were killed on Welsh roads in 2014, eight fewer (7%) than in 2013; 1,160 people were seriously injured in 2014, 127 more (12%) than in 2013; and 6,945 people were slightly injured, a decrease of 246 (3%) compared with 2013.
• There were 282 motorcyclist KSIs in 2014, a 15% year-on-year increase (246 in 2013).
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