Statistics: UK: Road Fatalities 2006 |
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File under Statistics
Author: Mike Werner
Location: Normandy, France
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The deadly accidents in the UK for 2006 have been published. In total, all vehicles taken into account, the number of people killed on the British roads fell 1%. A total of 3,201 people died in 2005, while "only" 3,172 died in 2006.
In total there were 258,404 road casualties in Great Britain in 2006, 5 per cent less than in 2005. During that time road traffic levels rose by 1 per cent compared to 2005 and the provisional estimate is that the overall casualty rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres (45 per 100 million vehicle kms) was 6 per cent lower than in 2005 (48 casualties per 100 million vehicle kms).
One of the more interesting figures is that 599 motorcycle riders died (5% higher than 2005), while there were 675 pedestrian deaths (1% increase) during the same time!! Does this mean it's more dangerous to walk than ride ???
In 2000, the Government announced a new road safety strategy and set new targets for reducing casualties by 2010. It wants to see: - 40% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured in road accidents compared with the average for 1994-98;
- 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured;
- 10% reduction in the slight casualty rate, expressed as the number of people slightly injured per 100 million vehicle kilometres.
Source: UK Department of Transport
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