Reported road casualties Great Britain: provisional estimates Q2 2012
| Publisher: | Department for Transport |
| Published date: | 1 November 2012 |
| Type: | Release |
| Series: | Road accidents and safety |
| Statistics topic: | Accidents, Casualties, Road casualties, Road safety |
Summary
This publication presents statistics on personal injury accidents in the year ending June 2012 on public roads (including footways) in Great Britain, which became known to the police within 30 days.
The Quarterly Provisional Estimates series provides in-year estimates of personal injury road accidents and their casualties. These are published to allow emerging trends to be monitored between the publications of annual figures.
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Key points
- In the year ending June 2012; 1,790 people were killed in reported road accidents, a 6 per cent drop from the year ending June 2011 (1,901). However, the number of people killed or seriously injured in the year ending June 2012 rose to 24,870, a 1 per cent increase compared with the year ending June 2011 (24,610).
- Comparing Q2 2012 against Q2 2011 shows a 6 per cent fall in total deaths and serious injuries, and an 18 per cent fall in deaths alone. However, in general, single quarter comparisons should be treated with caution as data are more subject to distortion by short-term factors such as extreme weather. Q2 2012 saw extremely wet weather across England, which may affect comparison with earlier years.
- Overall for year ending June 2012; there were 148,100 reported injury accidents and 199,740 reported casualties of any severity (slight injuries, serious injuries and fatalities), falls of 3 per cent and 4 per cent respectively from to the year ending June 2011 figures. In comparison, motor vehicle traffic levels have risen by 0.1 per cent in the year ending June 2012.
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Technical information
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