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Department for Transport - Reported road casualties in Great Britain 2018

  • 26.09.2019
  • JessicaMG
  • Personal-injury, Personal-injury
  • Personal Injury serious injury road traffic accident rta road traffic collision Department for Transport road casualties police

The Department for Transport has released its annual report on 'reported road casualties in Great Britain' for 2018. A summary of key findings can be found below.

In total, 1,784 people were killed in reported traffic accidents in Great Britain in 2018 - a 1% decrease from the number of reported fatalities on British Roads in 2017.

There were 48 child deaths (children under 15) in 2018 - the same number as recorded in 2017. However, overall child casualties (fatal, serious and slight injuries) decreased by 9% between 2017 and 2018. Child fatalities are mainly pedestrian - 28 in 2018 - and car passenger - 15 in 2018, as these are the most common forms of transport used by children.

 

 

The number of fatalities among young people age 17 to 24 has also remained the same in 2018 as in 2017, with a total of 279 deaths last year. In total, there were 28,708 casualties of all severities - a 13% decrease from 2017. Young drivers accounted for 99 fatalities in 2018, down from 108 in 2017, the number of young pedal cyclists also decreased from 2018. However, there were more young fatalities as pedestrians in 2018 - 47 compared to 35 in 2017.

The number of fatalities among those over 60 in reported road accidents increased by 5% - from 559 in 2017 to 588 in 2018. In total, the number of casualties of all severities remained the same as in 2017 at 22,483.

 

According to DfT, there is 'no single underlying factor that drives road casualties' but a number of influences can effect numbers, such as:

  • Different transport modes used
  • Behaviour of drivers, cyclists, motorbike riders and pedestrians
  • External factors - such as the weather - can affect the risk on the roads e.g. rain or snow making road surfaces more slippery, as well as changing behaviours e.g. encouraging or discouraging travel
  • Mix of types of road users e.g. fluctuations in the number of newly qualified or older drivers
  • Distance road users travel

 

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