Pedestrian Road Casualties, 2011

The key points in this bulletin cover the following issues for all pedestrian casualties:

• In 2011 pedestrian casualties represented 21 per cent of Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) road traffic casualties and 11 per cent of slight casualties in Wales.
• In 2011, there were 24 pedestrian fatalities, 237 serious pedestrian casualties and 893 slight pedestrian casualties, as a total this is the third lowest level since 1979.
• The casualty rates (rate of casualties per 100,000 population) for men and boys is higher than that for women and girls up to the age of around 40 (other than slight casualties for the aged 12 to 15 band); they are then fairly similar.
• The risk of becoming a KSI pedestrian casualty is highest for older children (aged 8 to 11) and young teenagers (aged 12 to 15); at those ages, the risk of a young person becoming a pedestrian casualty is higher than their risk from pedal cycling or car use.
• Pedestrian casualties for ‘working age’ adults are associated with times when individuals leave work, or leave public houses and night clubs.
• In 2002, hit and run incidents accounted for 281 pedestrian casualties in total; this rose to a peak of 299 in 2003, in 2011 it stood at 220.

The key points in this bulletin cover the following issues for child (aged 0-15) pedestrian casualties:

• In 2011, there were 82 child KSI pedestrian casualties, an increase of 15 per cent from the previous year.
• Child pedestrian casualties have declined as a proportion of all pedestrian casualties since 2002.
• Since 2002, around 1 in 4 of all child pedestrian casualties were reported to be school pupils on a journey to or from school.
• Child pedestrian casualties of all severities peak around the times of 08:00 in the morning and 15:00 in the afternoon during the period from Monday to Friday.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5062
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)