Written questions

Roads: Accidents

Lords · Question HL6461 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 10 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Wigley

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the most recent figure for the number of people killed annually in road traffic accidents in England per million of the resident population; and how this compares with the rate of deaths in road traffic accidents in

Answer

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, 10 Apr 2025

Data on road injury collisions are reported by police using the STATS19 system. In STATS19, a fatality is defined as a death that occurred within 30 days of the collision. The rates of fatalities in road collisions in 2023 per million population for diffe...