Road accident statistics for the UK 2008

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Accident statistics 2008 latest update

 The Department of Transport has published its road accident statistics for 2008 which are comprised of road casualties in accidents reported to the police in Great Britain in 2008, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

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There were in overall terms 170,591 road accidents reported to the police involving personal injury in 2008, a 6% fall on the year before and of these 25,462 involved death or serious injury, again a 6% fall.

• The number of people killed in road accidents was down from 2,946 in 2007 to 2,538. In accidents reported to the police the number of people either killed or seriously injured stood at 28,572, a fall of 7%.

• There was also a 7% fall in the overall number of road casualties in Great Britain to just under 231,000.

• The number of children killed or seriously injured in 2008 was down 9% on the 2007 figures at 2,807. A total of 124 children died on the roads, slightly up on the previous year.

• The number of deaths amongst car users fell by 12% to 1,257 and the number of seriously injured also fell, by 7%. The total number of casualties fell by 8% to 149,188.

• The number of pedestrian deaths stood at 572, a fall of 11% on the 2007 figure and the overall pedestrian casualty figure fell 6% on 2007 to 28,482.

More from 2008 statistics

• The Government announced, back in 2000, that by 2010 it aimed to see a 40% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured compared to the average for 1994-98; it also wanted to see a 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured.

• The 2008 figures have the number of people killed or seriously injured at 40% down on the 1994-98 average and the number of children killed or seriously injured down 59% on the 1994-98 average thus exceeding the Government target.

• Last April the government published proposals for a new road safety strategy which includes targets for achievement by 2020 compared to a baseline of the average for 2004 to 2008.

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