People killed in reported road collisions, Great Britain
People killed in road collisions reported to the police in Great Britain each year since 1979.
Killed
1,538
2025
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:59 UTCSource: Department for Transport. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
47 rows
| Category | Killed |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 6,352 |
| 1980 | 5,953 |
| 1981 | 5,846 |
| 1982 | 5,937 |
| 1983 | 5,445 |
| 1984 | 5,599 |
| 1985 | 5,165 |
| 1986 | 5,385 |
| 1987 | 5,125 |
| 1988 | 5,052 |
| 1989 | 5,373 |
| 1990 | 5,217 |
| 1991 | 4,568 |
| 1992 | 4,229 |
| 1993 | 3,814 |
| 1994 | 3,650 |
| 1995 | 3,621 |
| 1996 | 3,598 |
| 1997 | 3,599 |
| 1998 | 3,421 |
| 1999 | 3,423 |
| 2000 | 3,409 |
| 2001 | 3,450 |
| 2002 | 3,431 |
| 2003 | 3,508 |
| 2004 | 3,221 |
| 2005 | 3,201 |
| 2006 | 3,172 |
| 2007 | 2,946 |
| 2008 | 2,538 |
| 2009 | 2,222 |
| 2010 | 1,850 |
| 2011 | 1,901 |
| 2012 | 1,754 |
| 2013 | 1,713 |
| 2014 | 1,775 |
| 2015 | 1,730 |
| 2016 | 1,792 |
| 2017 | 1,793 |
| 2018 | 1,784 |
| 2019 | 1,752 |
| 2020 | 1,460 |
| 2021 | 1,558 |
| 2022 | 1,711 |
| 2023 | 1,624 |
| 2024 | 1,602 |
| 2025 | 1,538 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Transport
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-safety-statistics-data-tables
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 7 November 2026, 06:49 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistical-data-sets/road-safety-statistics-data-tablesSHA-256 0937dbf0092daaeeffc7bb70f333ab1f115d8e3c5d52ff805a8ef37c89b35752 · 76,772 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a6398ece2d191f0bc8b6ef1/ras0102.odsSHA-256 0b74504ff2fb671472d3fd4b64b6fd3ba43f1c8eef547505c289906bb10c8f9a · 112,254 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:59 UTC Run at 7 November 2026, 06:59 UTC; 47 of 47 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Transport; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-07T06:49:31Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 47 of 47 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 47 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 47 of 47 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2025 ended 311 days before retrieval (limit 680), from Casualties and casualty rates, by road user type and age group, since 1979 |
| Pass | Ten-year table agrees | 10 of 10 figures match the all road users rows of RAS0201 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a6398fa2dc18ebe4c3b2bcb/ras0201.ods) |
| Pass | Casualty records add up | 2 of 2 figures match DfT's STATS19 casualty records counted for 2024 and 2025 (https://data.dft.gov.uk/road-accidents-safety-data/dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2024.csv, https://data.dft.gov.uk/road-accidents-safety-data/dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2025.csv), adjusted figures within 0.000001 |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-safety-statistics-data-tables – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Deaths within 30 days of a collision on a public road reported to the police, from DfT's STATS19 records. Almost every fatal collision is reported to the police.