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, 31 October 2026, 11:16 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
- 31 October 2026, 11:13 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistical-data-sets/road-safety-statistics-data-tablesSHA-256 f13cb3f8c9f066bc14a1a2cde448b169056412fa8ce0d531fba31f113f83b147 · 76,772 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a6398ece2d191f0bc8b6ef1/ras0102.odsSHA-256 0b74504ff2fb671472d3fd4b64b6fd3ba43f1c8eef547505c289906bb10c8f9a · 112,254 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC; 47 of 47 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Transport; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:13:15Z; 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 304 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.