Table 2: Reported collisions and casualties by severity

Table 2: Reported collisions and casualties by severity

Years: 1938 to 2022

Collisions

Year Collisions Casualties
Fatal Adjusted serious Adjusted slight Fatal and adjusted serious All severities Killed Adjusted serious injury Adjusted slight injury Killed and adjusted serious All Severities
numbers
1938 .. .. .. .. .. 655 5,309 14,451 5,964 20,415
1947 .. .. .. .. .. 554 .. .. .. 14,655
1948 .. .. .. .. .. 534 .. .. .. 13,635
1949 .. .. .. .. .. 535 .. .. .. 14,706
1950 .. .. .. .. .. 529 4,553 10,774 5,082 15,856
1951 .. .. .. .. .. 544 4,545 11,806 5,089 16,895
1952 .. .. .. .. .. 485 4,424 11,638 4,909 16,547
1953 .. .. .. .. .. 579 5,170 12,594 5,749 18,343
1954 .. .. .. .. .. 545 4,875 13,481 5,420 18,901
1955 .. .. .. .. .. 610 5,096 15,193 5,706 20,899
1956 .. .. .. .. .. 540 5,049 15,870 5,589 21,459
1957 .. .. .. .. .. 550 5,006 15,861 5,556 21,417
1958 .. .. .. .. .. 605 5,302 16,923 5,907 22,830
1959 .. .. .. .. .. 604 6,336 18,071 6,940 25,011
1960 .. .. .. .. .. 648 6,632 19,035 7,280 26,315
1961 .. .. .. .. .. 671 7,228 19,463 7,899 27,362
1962 .. .. .. .. .. 664 7,052 18,987 7,716 26,703
1963 .. .. .. .. .. 712 7,227 19,789 7,939 27,728
1964 .. .. .. .. .. 754 8,136 21,637 8,890 30,527
1965 .. .. .. .. .. 743 8,744 22,340 9,487 31,827
1966 .. .. .. .. 23,225 790 9,253 22,237 10,043 32,280
1967 .. .. .. .. 22,838 778 9,258 21,724 10,036 31,760
1968 .. .. .. .. 22,120 769 9,493 20,387 10,262 30,649
1969 .. .. .. .. 21,863 892 9,831 20,333 10,723 31,056
1970 758 7,860 13,515 8,618 22,133 815 10,027 20,398 10,842 31,240
1971 785 7,867 13,680 8,652 22,332 866 9,947 20,381 10,813 31,194
1972 770 7,965 13,968 8,735 22,703 855 10,000 20,907 10,855 31,762
1973 783 8,056 13,741 8,839 22,580 855 10,094 20,455 10,949 31,404
1974 763 7,548 12,270 8,311 20,581 825 9,522 18,436 10,347 28,783
1975 699 6,912 13,041 7,611 20,652 769 8,779 19,073 9,548 28,621
1976 687 6,923 14,141 7,610 21,751 783 8,720 20,430 9,503 29,933
1977 727 7,063 13,888 7,790 21,678 811 8,850 20,122 9,661 29,783
1978 739 7,442 13,926 8,181 22,107 820 9,349 20,337 10,169 30,506
1979 728 7,536 14,800 8,264 23,064 810 9,241 21,336 10,051 31,387
1980 644 7,218 13,926 7,862 21,788 700 8,839 19,747 9,539 29,286
1981 610 7,265 13,610 7,875 21,485 677 8,840 19,249 9,517 28,766
1982 640 7,421 12,789 8,061 20,850 701 9,260 18,312 9,961 28,273
1983 568 6,429 12,437 6,997 19,434 624 7,633 16,967 8,257 25,224
1984 537 6,547 12,890 7,084 19,974 599 7,727 17,832 8,326 26,158
1985 550 6,507 13,587 7,057 20,644 602 7,786 18,899 8,388 27,287
1986 537 6,182 13,100 6,719 19,819 601 7,422 18,094 8,023 26,117
1987 517 5,568 12,572 6,085 18,657 556 6,707 17,485 7,263 24,748
1988 499 5,602 12,996 6,101 19,097 554 6,732 18,139 7,286 25,425
1989 496 5,814 14,295 6,310 20,605 553 6,998 19,981 7,551 27,532
1990 491 5,237 14,443 5,728 20,171 546 6,252 20,430 6,798 27,228
1991 443 4,724 13,837 5,167 19,004 491 5,638 19,217 6,129 25,346
1992 426 4,268 13,314 4,694 18,008 463 5,176 18,534 5,639 24,173
1993 359 3,651 12,675 4,010 16,685 399 4,454 17,561 4,853 22,414
1994 319 4,324 12,125 4,643 16,768 363 5,208 17,002 5,571 22,573
1995 361 4,071 12,102 4,432 16,534 409 4,930 16,855 5,339 22,194
1996 316 3,315 12,442 3,631 16,073 357 4,041 17,318 4,398 21,716
1997 340 3,312 12,994 3,652 16,646 377 4,047 18,205 4,424 22,629
1998 339 3,318 12,862 3,657 16,519 385 4,072 18,010 4,457 22,467
1999 285 3,209 11,921 3,494 15,415 310 3,765 16,927 4,075 21,002
2000 297 3,007 11,828 3,304 15,132 326 3,568 16,624 3,894 20,518
2001 309 2,840 11,575 3,149 14,724 348 3,410 16,153 3,758 19,911
2002 274 2,684 11,385 2,958 14,343 304 3,229 15,742 3,533 19,275
2003 1 301 2,495 11,121 2,796 13,917 336 2,957 15,463 3,293 18,756
2004 283 3,984 9,582 4,267 13,919 308 4,634 13,449 4,942 18,502
2005 264 3,926 9,190 4,190 13,438 286 4,539 12,935 4,825 17,890
2006 293 3,836 8,876 4,129 13,110 314 4,414 12,398 4,728 17,269
2007 255 3,528 8,556 3,783 12,507 281 4,031 11,726 4,312 16,239
2008 245 3,648 8,227 3,893 12,159 270 4,134 11,127 4,404 15,592
2009 196 3,405 7,935 3,601 11,556 216 3,847 10,858 4,063 15,043
2010 189 2,932 7,166 3,121 10,295 208 3,328 9,788 3,536 13,338
2011 175 2,870 6,918 3,045 9,985 185 3,193 9,376 3,378 12,785
2012 162 2,924 6,586 3,086 9,777 176 3,297 9,101 3,473 12,712
2013 159 2,550 6,248 2,709 8,974 172 2,901 8,392 3,073 11,492
2014 181 2,585 6,027 2,766 8,833 203 2,901 8,126 3,104 11,302
2015 157 2,501 5,797 2,658 8,477 168 2,793 7,978 2,961 10,977
2016 175 2,479 5,680 2,654 8,355 191 2,865 7,808 3,056 10,898
2017 140 2,261 4,654 2,401 7,118 145 2,578 6,632 2,723 9,433
2018 150 2,184 4,063 2,334 6,432 161 2,503 5,713 2,664 8,424
2019 157 2,081 3,437 2,238 5,773 164 2,385 4,943 2,549 7,705
2020 131 1,366 2,400 1,497 3,897 141 1,538 3,386 1,679 5,065
2021 134 1,446 2,327 1,580 3,907 139 1,620 3,355 1,759 5,114
2022 151 1,534 2,464 1,685 4,149 171 1,783 3,689 1,954 5,643
2023 151 1,696 2,404 1,847 4,251 155 1,944 3,730 2,099 5,829
2014-18 average 161 2,402 5,244 2,563 7,843 174 2,728 7,251 2,902 10,207
2019-2023 average 145 1,625 2,606 1,769 4,395 154 1,854 3,821 2,008 5,871
Per cent changes:
2023 on 2022 0.0 10.6 -2.4 9.6 2.5 -9.4 9.0 1.1 7.4 3.3
2023 on 2014-18 ave -6.0 -29.4 -54.2 -27.9 -45.8 -10.7 -28.7 -48.6 -27.7 -42.9

1. Due to changes in severity reporting, the number of serious and slight casualties prior to 2004 cannot be compared directly to those reported in previous years.

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