The Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain (RRCGB) Annual Report: 2012 presents detailed statistics (headline figures were first published in June 2013) about the circumstances of personal injury accidents, including the types of vehicles involved, the resulting casualties and factors which may contribute to accidents. In addition to detailed tables there are four articles containing further analysis on specific road safety topics. Most of the statistics in the report are based on information about accidents reported to the police. However, other sources such as mortality, survey and hospital data are also used as well as population and traffic data to provide a wider context. The key findings from the RRCGB 2012 report include: * In 2012, there were a total of 195,723 casualties of all severities in road accidents reported to the police, 4 per cent lower than in 2011. There were 1,754 people killed, an 8 per cent decrease from 2011 and 23,039 were seriously injured, down 0.4 per cent. Vehicle traffic levels remained broadly stable for the second year running, though there was a small fall of 0.4 per cent between 2011 and 2012. * The number of fatalities fell for all road user types except pedal cyclists (up from 107 in 2011 to 118 in 2012) and bus and coach occupants. Pedestrian fatalities fell by 7 per cent, motorcycle fatalities fell by 9 per cent, car occupant fatalities fell by 9 per cent, and goods vehicle occupant fatalities remained the same as in 2011. * The best current estimate derived from NTS data is that the total of number of road casualties in Great Britain annually, including those not reported to the police, is within the range 630 thousand to 790 thousand with a central estimate of 710 thousand. This is based on data for the five year period from 2008 to 2012. * The total value of prevention of reported road accidents in 2012 was estimated to be £15.1 billion- this includes an estimate of the cost of damage only accidents but does not allow for unreported injury accidents. This represents a decrease of £0.5 billion compared with the same estimate made in 2011. * Provisional estimates for 2012 suggest that 280 people were killed in drink drive accidents, an increase of around 17 per cent compared with 2011 and accounting for 16 per cent of all road deaths in Great Britain. (Author/publisher)
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