Historic road safety trends

Longitudinal data series of crashes and casualties on Britain’s roads.

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Casualty reporting in Britain

Data for road safety casualty statistics are collected by each police force independently, this data is known as STATS19, as that was the original name of the form for this purpose. STATS19 data is collected to an agreed specification as described by STATS20 guidance. The specification is periodical...

Comparing UK road safety performance to other countries

Road safety performance in the UK is often cited as world leading and in 2011, the Secretary of State said it was 'the envy of the world'. The European Transport safety Council Road Safety performance index report is an excellent resource that has benchmarked performance in Europe for over a decade....