Table A: Summary of reported road injury collision and reported casualty statistics: 2007 to 2022

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Collisions
Fatal	255	245	196	189	175	162	159	181	157	175	140	150	157	131	134	151	151
Fatal & adjusted serious	3,783	3,893	3,601	3,121	3,045	3,086	2,709	2,766	2,658	2,654	2,401	2,334	2,238	1,497	1,580	1,685	1,847
All severities	12,507	12,159	11,556	10,295	9,985	9,777	8,974	8,833	8,477	8,355	7,118	6,432	5,773	3,897	3,907	4,149	4,251
Collisions on built-up(1) roads
Fatal	71	82	56	56	61	64	44	67	47	44	44	43	52	50	42	44	54
Fatal & adjusted serious	2,068	2,136	1,847	1,661	1,707	1,744	1,522	1,591	1,518	1,514	1,377	1,276	1,254	856	857	918	1,022
All severities	7,782	7,464	6,991	6,341	6,357	6,165	5,747	5,703	5,401	5,465	4,592	4,037	3,659	2,477	2,381	2,544	2,543
Collisions on non built-up(1) roads
Fatal	184	163	140	133	114	98	115	114	110	131	96	107	105	81	92	107	97
Fatal & adjusted serious	1,715	1,757	1,755	1,460	1,338	1,343	1,187	1,174	1,140	1,140	1,025	1,058	984	641	723	767	825
All severities	4,725	4,695	4,565	3,954	3,628	3,612	3,227	3,130	3,076	2,890	2,526	2,395	2,114	1,420	1,526	1,605	1,708
Drink-drive collisions and casualties(2)
Collisions	670	660	660	530	490	440	330	340	340	410	270	280	230	190	150	200	..
Casualties (all severities)	940	960	920	750	680	580	450	460	470	580	410	400	350	250	210	310	..
Fatal casualties	30	40	30	20	20	10	20	20	20	30	10	20	20	20	10	30	..
Killed by mode of transport
Pedestrian	60	60	47	47	43	59	38	59	44	32	38	34	44	34	37	34	47
Pedal cycle	4	9	5	7	7	9	13	8	5	8	5	6	9	11	9	2	7
Motorcycle	40	34	43	35	33	21	23	30	27	30	29	33	25	16	30	25	27
Car	160	153	116	105	89	73	89	94	75	106	64	75	75	71	55	98	61
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	17	14	5	14	13	14	9	12	17	15	9	13	11	9	8	12	13
All modes of transport	281	270	216	208	185	176	172	203	168	191	145	161	164	141	139	171	155
Adjusted seriously injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian	1,005	1,015	837	761	819	758	676	689	684	663	583	554	557	326	301	369	434
Pedal cycle	239	248	255	247	267	295	277	287	282	272	276	255	227	246	197	180	158
Motorcycle	533	559	506	451	417	479	404	447	381	382	369	376	311	241	279	280	292
Car	1,947	1,998	1,959	1,591	1,415	1,485	1,316	1,271	1,230	1,327	1,146	1,125	1,126	624	711	819	904
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	308	313	291	278	275	280	228	208	215	221	203	193	163	101	132	135	156
All modes of transport	4,031	4,134	3,847	3,328	3,193	3,297	2,901	2,901	2,793	2,865	2,578	2,503	2,385	1,538	1,620	1,783	1,944
Adjusted slightly injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian	1,612	1,508	1,292	1,202	1,194	1,135	1,018	992	957	958	731	658	612	456	429	514	471
Pedal cycle	463	470	531	526	550	593	592	594	508	509	438	375	323	352	305	298	240
Motorcycle	467	446	465	358	355	363	345	343	327	297	217	230	177	162	149	162	158
Car	7,838	7,487	7,445	6,599	6,259	6,018	5,546	5,380	5,389	5,246	4,449	3,858	3,310	2,084	2,148	2,292	2,437
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	1,345	1,217	1,124	1,103	1,018	992	891	816	798	798	798	591	522	332	324	423	424
All modes of transport	11,726	11,127	10,858	9,788	9,376	9,101	8,392	8,126	7,978	7,808	6,632	5,712	4,943	3,386	3,355	3,689	3,730
All casualties by mode, by sex and by age
Pedestrian	2,704	2,593	2,199	2,013	2,065	1,979	1,734	1,745	1,690	1,663	1,363	1,256	1,252	816	767	917	952
Pedal cycle	714	730	804	781	824	905	886	895	797	790	728	638	591	609	511	480	405
Motorcycle	1,061	1,042	1,021	845	806	867	775	826	735	709	620	640	522	419	458	467	477
Car	10,063	9,670	9,579	8,301	7,777	7,665	6,964	6,786	6,713	6,697	5,707	5,085	4,614	2,779	2,914	3,209	3,402
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	1,697	1,557	1,440	1,398	1,313	1,296	1,133	1,050	1,042	1,039	1,015	805	726	442	464	570	593
All modes of transport	16,239	15,592	15,043	13,338	12,785	12,712	11,492	11,302	10,977	10,898	9,433	8,424	7,705	5,065	5,114	5,643	5,829
Male	9,302	8,843	8,450	7,541	7,310	7,217	6,509	6,433	6,183	6,122	5,298	4,845	4,343	3,103	3,091	3,390	3,428
Female	6,917	6,738	6,587	5,787	5,469	5,489	4,973	4,865	4,784	4,767	4,134	3,569	3,352	1,962	2,023	2,251	2,397
Child: 0 - 15	1,816	1,689	1,473	1,378	1,316	1,167	1,052	1,029	971	999	900	754	769	494	495	587	582
Young adult: 16-22	3,419	3,175	3,086	2,491	2,243	2,299	1,893	1,883	1,690	1,605	1,398	1,100	1,006	734	708	778	814
Adult: 23-59	8,931	8,706	8,450	7,713	7,360	7,404	6,770	6,651	6,630	6,604	5,615	5,026	4,476	3,073	3,028	3,124	3,210
Older adults: 60+	2,044	2,000	1,997	1,732	1,845	1,836	1,752	1,725	1,673	1,674	1,497	1,517	1,440	763	882	1,153	1,220
Child⁴ killed by mode of transport
Pedestrian	4	4	1	1	2	1	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	2
Pedal cycle	1	2	1	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
Car	4	13	3	1	5	-	2	4	-	7	-	-	-	2	2	1	2
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-
All modes of transport	9	20	5	4	7	2	9	7	4	12	2	3	2	6	5	3	5
Child ⁴ adjusted seriously injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian	305	304	249	241	232	203	161	188	167	178	164	144	145	80	94	115	107
Pedal cycle	51	38	45	43	41	37	27	29	21	16	21	25	30	24	17	12	8
Car	102	97	104	80	69	68	63	53	54	74	53	53	55	30	24	27	44
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	18	21	19	15	12	13	12	16	8	12	16	5	6	10	5	22	19
All modes of transport	477	461	417	378	354	322	263	286	250	279	254	226	236	144	140	176	178
All child ⁴ casualties by mode
Pedestrian	882	831	674	642	646	521	462	499	460	478	401	334	332	228	244	295	263
Pedal cycle	174	150	148	146	135	121	112	81	71	55	67	64	74	59	58	44	34
Car	633	569	548	506	460	451	404	389	373	419	328	316	306	180	172	194	232
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	127	139	103	84	75	74	74	60	67	47	104	40	57	27	21	54	53
All modes of transport	1,816	1,689	1,473	1,378	1,316	1,167	1,052	1,029	971	999	900	754	769	494	495	587	582
Collision costs (£ million)(3)							1,500	1,573	1,440	1,514	1,287	1,269	1,310	1,021	1,038	1,179	1,189

1. Built-up roads have a speed limit of up to 40mph; Non built-up roads have a speed limit of over 40mph

2. Estimates, adjusted for under-reporting as described in the text accompanying Table 22. The latest year's estimates are not yet available.

3. Estimated total costs (including damage only collisions) at 2017 prices, calculated as described in the text accompanying Tables 9 to 11.

4. Child 0-15 years

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