What do the Great Britain road casualty statistics measure?

The table reports personal injury road collisions and casualties recorded by police in Great Britain, covering fatal incidents, casualties across all severities, casualty rates per billion vehicle miles, and vehicles involved.

How far back does the Great Britain road casualty series go?

The Department for Transport series covers annual data for Great Britain dating back to 1926 and updates with each subsequent annual release.

Which road user breakdowns are available for Great Britain casualties?

Casualties and fatalities are broken down by road user group, including pedestrians, pedal cyclists, motorcyclists, car occupants, and other road users, alongside collisions classified by vehicle type.

Why are some fatal or serious collision figures adjusted?

The figures provide adjusted fatal or serious collision counts to maintain consistency following changes in how police forces record collision severity over time.

Great Britain road casualties and road deaths

Name: Great Britain road casualties and road deaths
Creator: Department for Transport (DfT)
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Department for Transport statistics on personal injury road collisions reported to the police in Great Britain (RAS0101): all collisions since 1926, fatal and fatal-or-serious collisions since 1979, people killed by type of road user, casualties of all severities, the casualty rate per billion vehicle miles since 1950, and vehicles involved by type since 1979.

Source: Department for Transport (DfT)Last updated: Sep 24, 2026, 15:04Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964	1963	1962	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946	1945	1944	1943	1942	1941	1940	1939	1938	1937	1936	1935	1934	1933	1932	1931	1930	1929	1928	1927	1926
Reported personal injury collisions3	101,525	100,927	104,258	106,004	101,087	91,199	117,536	122,635	129,982	136,621	140,056	146,322	138,660	145,571	151,474	154,414	163,554	170,591	182,115	189,161	198,735	207,410	214,030	221,751	229,014	233,729	235,048	238,923	240,287	236,193	230,544	234,254	228,975	233,104	235,889	258,441	260,759	246,994	239,063	247,878	245,645	253,183	242,876	256,007	248,276	250,958	254,967	265,000	266,000	259,000	246,000	244,000	262,000	265,000	259,000	267,000	262,000	264,000	277,000	292,000	299,000	292,000	272,000	264,000	270,000	272,000	261,000	237,000	219,000	216,000	217,000	196,000	186,000	172,000	178,000	167,000	147,000											196,000	196,000	199,000	196,000	205,000	192,000	184,000	181,000	157,000	152,000	148,000	134,000	124,000
Fatal collisions	1,453	1,502	1,522	1,602	1,474	1,391	1,658	1,671	1,676	1,695	1,616	1,658	1,608	1,637	1,797	1,731	2,057	2,341	2,714	2,926	2,913	2,978	3,247	3,124	3,176	3,108	3,138	3,137	3,298	3,274	3,286	3,326	3,470	3,855	4,158	4,748	4,907	4,643	4,694	4,898	4,768	5,138	5,027	5,450	5,355	5,506	5,824
Fatal or serious collisions (adjusted for severity reporting)	27,195.78	26,195.03	26,166.02	26,229.33	24,132.08	21,305.38	27,046.89	27,914.12	27,496.44	28,334.1	29,409.71	30,752.1	29,113.15	30,763.98	31,307.18	30,631.12	33,128.52	34,718.78	37,102.19	38,408.09	39,355.86	41,645.27
Fatal or serious collisions (as reported)	26,644	25,069	24,960	24,935	22,758	19,746	24,638	24,639	24,032	23,173	21,598	22,305	21,193	22,533	22,783	22,171	24,054	25,462	27,036	27,872	27,942	29,726	32,160	33,645	34,764	35,607	36,405	37,770	39,628	40,601	41,787	42,621	41,512	45,349	47,931	55,692	58,176	58,493	59,046	63,088	65,054	67,186	65,048	71,593	70,335	71,220	72,751
Casualties of all severities1	127,883	128,272	132,977	135,480	128,209	115,584	153,158	160,597	170,993	181,384	186,189	194,477	183,670	195,723	203,950	208,648	222,146	230,905	247,780	258,404	271,017	280,840	290,607	302,605	313,309	320,283	320,310	325,212	327,803	320,578	310,687	315,359	306,135	310,753	311,368	341,141	341,592	322,305	311,473	321,489	317,524	324,314	308,584	334,331	324,840	326,732	334,513	350,000	348,000	340,000	325,000	325,000	354,000	360,000	352,000	363,000	353,000	349,000	370,000	392,000	398,000	385,000	356,000	342,000	350,000	348,000	333,000	300,000	274,000	268,000	268,000	238,000	227,000	208,000	216,000	201,000	177,000	153,000	166,000	163,000	138,000	131,000	123,000	148,000				233,000	233,000	234,000	228,000	239,000	224,000	213,000	209,000	185,000	178,000	171,000	154,000	139,000
People killed, by road user type6
Pedestrians	364	409	405	385	361	346	470	456	470	448	408	446	398	420	453	405	500	572	646	675	671	671	774	775	826	857	870	906	973	997	1,038	1,124	1,241	1,347	1,496	1,694	1,706	1,753	1,703	1,841	1,789	1,868	1,914	1,869	1,874	1,941	2,118	2,427	2,313	2,335	2,344	2,642	2,806	3,083	2,939	2,925	2,955	2,762	2,964	3,153	3,105	2,986	2,740	2,681	2,717	2,708	2,520	2,408	2,225	2,270	2,287	2,226	2,233	2,063	2,398	2,251	2,315	2,377	2,380	2,489	2,602	3,314	3,058	3,650	4,781	4,724	4,497	3,046	3,002	3,068	3,073	3,529	3,504	3,385	3,467	3,722	3,523	3,255	2,774
Pedal cyclists	79	82	87	91	111	141	100	99	101	102	100	113	109	118	107	111	104	115	136	146	148	134	114	130	138	127	172	158	183	203	213	172	186	204	242	256	294	227	280	271	286	345	323	294	310	302	320	316	301	300	278	282	336	367	411	373	402	391	463	514	543	583	589	583	645	679	738	668	663	650	708	696	720	743	800	805	842	827	812	833	918	1,185	1,069	1,134	1,355	1,363	1,374	1,401	1,416	1,498	1,400	1,536	1,354	1,046	926	887	795	691	644
Motorcyclists	386	340	315	350	310	285	336	354	349	319	365	339	331	328	362	403	472	493	588	599	569	585	693	609	583	605	547	498	509	440	445	444	427	469	548	659	683	670	723	762	796	967	963	1,091	1,131	1,163	1,160	1,163	1,182	990	838	797	750	729	800	761	791	877	920	1,134	1,244	1,445	1,279	1,323	1,544	1,743	1,680	1,421	1,425	1,250	1,362	1,148	1,237	1,142	1,175	1,129	818	585	783	772	553	574	568	895	1,412	1,270	1,231	1,145	1,151	1,187	1,277	1,430	1,569	1,558	1,499	1,832	1,582	1,395	1,175
Car occupants	629	692	725	788	682	618	736	777	787	816	754	797	785	801	883	835	1,059	1,257	1,432	1,612	1,675	1,671	1,769	1,747	1,749	1,665	1,687	1,696	1,795	1,806	1,749	1,764	1,760	1,978	2,053	2,371	2,426	2,142	2,206	2,233	2,061	2,179	2,019	2,443	2,287	2,278	2,429
Other road users	80	79	92	97	94	70	110	98	86	107	103	80	90	87	96	96	87	101	144	140	138	160	158	170	154	155	147	163	139	152	176	146	200	231	229	237	264	260	213	278	233	240	226	240	244	269	325	2,925	2,818	2,945	2,906	3,162	3,514	3,584	3,549	3,440	3,217	2,780	2,972	3,184	3,060	2,806	2,314	2,122	2,002	1,840	1,582	1,473	1,237	1,197	1,169	940	900	758	877	827	798	724	906	968	1,183	1,343	1,101	1,247	1,621	1,252	1,170	1,056	1,064	808	752	848	775	678	799	864	796	797	736
All road users	1,538	1,602	1,624	1,711	1,558	1,460	1,752	1,784	1,793	1,792	1,730	1,775	1,713	1,754	1,901	1,850	2,222	2,538	2,946	3,172	3,201	3,221	3,508	3,431	3,450	3,409	3,423	3,421	3,599	3,598	3,621	3,650	3,814	4,229	4,568	5,217	5,373	5,052	5,125	5,385	5,165	5,599	5,445	5,937	5,846	5,953	6,352	6,831	6,614	6,570	6,366	6,883	7,406	7,763	7,699	7,499	7,365	6,810	7,319	7,985	7,952	7,820	6,922	6,709	6,908	6,970	6,520	5,970	5,550	5,367	5,526	5,010	5,090	4,706	5,250	5,012	4,773	4,513	4,881	5,062	5,256	6,416	5,796	6,926	9,169	8,609	8,272	6,648	6,633	6,561	6,502	7,343	7,202	6,667	6,691	7,305	6,696	6,138	5,329	4,886
Casualty rate per billion vehicle miles	369.36	377.6	397.65	413.58	424.87	426.21	447.54	475.52	508.96	547.51	575.09	611.42	594.4	635.64	663.36	681.2	715.84	736.63	784.32	824.95	878.28	910.93	953.29	998.76	1,058.15	1,096.35	1,094.37	1,131.76	1,160.96	1,158.86	1,152.44	1,192.61	1,183.34	1,199.72	1,202.42	1,319.46	1,334.03	1,361.67	1,407.26	1,564.24	1,618.49	1,686.54	1,686.65	1,849.93	1,851.53	1,898.15	2,066.99	2,152	2,214	2,200	2,214	2,236	2,395	2,557	2,620	2,855	2,880	2,917	3,209	3,527	3,774	3,870	3,966	3,994	4,222	4,498	4,556	4,502	4,571	4,441	4,529	4,333	4,262	3,998	4,372	4,438
Vehicles involved in collisions, by type9
Pedal cycles	17,021	15,362	15,667	16,335	17,101	16,766	17,437	18,125	18,954	19,047	19,440	21,979	20,049	19,708	19,883	17,811	17,599	16,797	16,607	16,611	17,039	17,084	17,472	17,532	19,497	21,055	23,482	23,423	25,200	25,102	25,497	25,415	24,612	25,299	25,439	27,108	29,327	26,561	27,010	27,041	27,953	32,210	31,824	29,429	26,496	25,884	24,792
Motorcycles	16,695	17,166	18,173	18,180	17,080	14,697	17,369	17,890	19,204	20,423	20,996	21,378	19,538	20,171	21,059	19,534	21,590	22,427	24,381	24,323	25,870	26,857	29,523	29,503	30,084	29,236	27,122	25,514	25,211	23,798	24,219	25,127	25,836	27,660	31,722	40,404	43,995	44,279	47,024	53,566	57,823	65,340	65,962	73,043	70,949	73,054	69,173
Cars	127,122	128,981	133,551	135,562	129,333	116,982	157,787	165,050	174,143	185,307	188,872	195,576	185,769	197,388	204,720	212,685	227,244	236,923	255,891	267,991	281,810	291,842	299,933	314,568	321,900	329,846	329,866	337,794	338,924	331,091	318,083	322,946	312,790	313,382	308,076	330,181	325,213	303,693	287,636	290,588	278,517	279,954	261,714	275,541	265,531	262,979	265,327
Buses and coaches	3,023	3,145	3,171	3,017	2,744	2,213	3,902	4,513	4,998	4,998	5,381	6,103	5,896	6,318	7,223	7,462	7,831	8,375	8,559	9,133	9,988	10,573	10,939	10,781	11,521	11,733	11,888	11,762	11,241	11,196	10,994	11,413	10,947	11,264	11,417	12,200	12,711	12,086	11,766	12,137	12,468	12,802	12,763	12,914	13,083	13,814	14,808
Light goods vehicles	12,555	11,235	11,727	12,329	12,463	10,338	12,579	12,062	12,479	13,125	13,876	14,043	12,686	12,575	12,886	12,866	13,214	13,621	14,620	15,593	16,078	15,728	17,486	17,755	18,314	17,671	18,052	20,083	20,070	19,186	18,674	19,495	19,069	20,490	21,802	24,652	25,793	24,671	22,651	23,437	23,113	20,911	19,853	21,707	22,106	22,319	24,715
Heavy goods vehicles	3,517	3,256	3,438	3,533	3,549	3,399	4,339	4,753	5,136	5,819	6,470	6,873	6,524	6,720	7,126	7,615	7,487	9,040	10,688	11,336	12,120	12,516	13,173	13,480	14,813	15,194	15,191	14,526	14,385	13,582	13,771	14,572	14,417	14,500	15,241	16,524	17,894	16,376	15,107	14,779	14,452	14,197	13,504	14,689	14,554	15,343	18,194
Other vehicles	3,721	4,087	3,738	4,288	4,122	2,980	2,659	3,735	3,719	3,445	2,752	2,560	2,411	2,961	3,236	3,390	3,676	4,336	4,174	3,026	3,232	5,172	3,391	4,552	3,682	4,976	4,684	3,845	3,777	3,456	3,435	3,496	3,729	3,756	3,914	3,921	3,984	3,824	3,649	3,582	3,485	3,938	3,962	4,048	4,894	4,780	5,792
Vehicle type not known	294	282	350	301	51	0	309	281	293	336	58	15	40	36	22	38	46	85	46	46	99	73	105	154	262	232	207	158	69	110	134	157	329	374	181	244	255	270	145	155	112	168	108	176	110	93	182
All vehicles	183,948	183,514	189,815	193,545	186,443	167,375	216,381	226,409	238,926	252,500	257,845	268,527	252,913	265,877	276,155	281,401	298,687	311,604	334,966	348,059	366,236	379,845	392,022	408,325	420,073	429,943	430,492	437,105	438,877	427,521	414,807	422,621	411,729	416,725	417,792	455,234	459,172	431,760	414,988	425,285	417,923	429,520	409,690	431,547	417,723	418,266	422,983

Latest reading

All road users stood at 1,538 People in 2025. That is −4.0% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 1926 to 2025. Source: Department for Transport (DfT).

Latest: 1,538 People; 2025
vs previous period: −4.0%; 2024

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Frequently asked questions

What do the Great Britain road casualty statistics measure?: The table reports personal injury road collisions and casualties recorded by police in Great Britain, covering fatal incidents, casualties across all severities, casualty rates per billion vehicle miles, and vehicles involved.
How far back does the Great Britain road casualty series go?: The Department for Transport series covers annual data for Great Britain dating back to 1926 and updates with each subsequent annual release.
Which road user breakdowns are available for Great Britain casualties?: Casualties and fatalities are broken down by road user group, including pedestrians, pedal cyclists, motorcyclists, car occupants, and other road users, alongside collisions classified by vehicle type.
Why are some fatal or serious collision figures adjusted?: The figures provide adjusted fatal or serious collision counts to maintain consistency following changes in how police forces record collision severity over time.