This publication presents statistics on personal injury accidents in 2011 on public roads (including footways) in Great Britain, which became known to the police. Figures are derived from the ‘STATS 19’ forms completed by the police. These collect detailed data on individual road accidents, covering the circumstances of the accident and the casualties and vehicles involved. The resulting data is supplied to local authorities and to the Department for Transport. Figures for deaths refer to persons who sustained injuries which caused death within 30 days of the accident. Summary statistics are published quarterly. A more comprehensive analysis of 2011 casualty statistics will be published later this year. The key findings from the Main Results 2011 include: • The annual number of people killed in road accidents reported to the police has increased, by 3 per cent, from 1,850 in 2010 to 1,901 in 2011. This is the first increase since 2003. • The number of people reported killed or seriously injured has also increased by 2 per cent to 25,023 from 24,510 in 2010 - the first annual increase since 1994. • The total number of casualties (slight injuries, serious injuries and fatalities) in road accidents reported to the police in Great Britain in 2011 continued to fall, by 2 per cent, from 208,648 in 2010 to 203,950 in 2011. • Total reported child casualties (ages 0-15) have continued to fall, by 0.5 per cent in 2011 to 19,474. The number of children killed or seriously injured also fell, decreasing by 4 per cent to 2,412 in 2011, from 2,502 in 2010. • Vehicle traffic levels are broadly stable after falling for 3 years. The overall casualty rate for accidents reported to the police per billion vehicle miles continued to fall to 666 per billion vehicle miles, compared to 681 casualties per billion vehicle miles in 2010 but the killed or seriously injured rate increased to 82 per billion vehicle miles. (Author/publisher)
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