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Road Casualties Statistics Quality Report

This report summarises the sources and methods used to compile the road accident and casualty figures.

Road traffic accidents reported to the police and involving personal injury.

During 2011 there were around:

  • 6,400 personal injury road traffic accidents; involving
  • 11,300 drivers of motorised vehicles; resulting in
  • 9,400 casualties. Of these casualties:
    121 were killed
    1,126 seriously injured and
    8,159 slightly injured

Statistical headlines, releases and bulletins

This report shows casualties as a whole; together with more detailed tables for individual local authority areas.

Road Safety, 2011

The Programme for Government includes a provision for road safety policy to target high-risk road users and vulnerable road users. The following reports provide further information about road casualties for these groups of road users.

Accident cluster sites and fatal road accidents on the Welsh Trans-European Road Network, 2009-2011

Motorcycle User Casualties, 2011

Pedestrian Road Casualties, 2011

Pedal Cyclist Casualties, 2011

Older Drivers and Road Accidents, 2011

Young Drivers and Road Accidents, 2011

Further information about drinking and driving as high risk behaviour.

Road Casualties: Drinking and Driving, 2010

Maps showing the location of casualties in each Local Authority area.

Road Casualties Wales: Location of car occupant casualties 2008

Road Casualties Wales: Location of motorcyclist casualties 2004-2008

Road Casualties Wales: Location of pedestrian casualties 2004-2008

Road Casualties Wales: Location of young drivers (aged under 25) involved in motor vehicle accidents during 2008

Background information about road casualty data

This report summarises the sources and methods used to compile the road accident and casualty figures. It reviews the quality of the figures and contains a copy of the 'Stats19' data collection form and a full set of definitions used for presenting these figures.

Welsh Road Casualties Quality Report  

A Statistical Article reporting the results of carrying out experimental seasonal adjustment of road accident and casualty data.

Seasonal Adjustment and Road Casualty Data 

Road casualty figures for Great Britain.

Department for Transport website: Statistics

If you are unable to find the exact information required please e-mail stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk.