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Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2008 Annual Report Annual 2008 Britain: Great Road Casualties Reported Textphone 0870 240 3701 Published by TSO (The Stationery Office) and available from: DfT Online www.tsoshop.co.uk Mail, Telephone, Fax & E-mail TSO PO Box 29, Norwich, NR3 1GN Telephone orders/General enquiries: 0870 600 5522 Fax orders: 0870 600 5533 E-mail: [email protected] Reported Casualties Road Great Britain: 2008 Annual Report Textphone 0870 240 3701 TSO@Blackwell and other Accredited Agents Customers can also order publications from: Reported Road Casualties TSO Ireland 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD Tel 028 9023 8451 Fax 028 9023 5401 Great Britain: 2008 Annual Report £40 lll#ihd#Xd#j` 6194 DFTRC Cvr v0 6 indd 1 396_Road Casualties 08_COVER / sig1 / plateA15/9/09 15:57:40 Scottish Government Welsh Assembly Government - Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru Transport Publications Scottish Transport Statistics Transport Publications Main Transport Trends Road Casualties: Wales Household Transport - some SHS results Welsh Transport Statistics Transport Across Scotland: Other publications with transport topics some SHS results for parts of Scotland Digest of Welsh Local Area Statistics SHS Travel Diary results Digest of Welsh Statistics Travel by Scottish Residents: some NTS results Statistics for Assembly Constituency Areas Bus and Coach Statistics Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics Road Accidents Scotland Key Road Accidents Statistics These publications are available from: (SHS = Scottish Household Survey; NTS = National Central Support Unit, Statistical Directorate, Welsh Travel Survey) Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cathays, Cardiff CF10 3NQ General enquires on Scottish Transport Statistics: Phone: +44 (0)29-2082 5054 Transport Statistics Branch, Scottish Executive, E-mail: [email protected] Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ Internet: http://new.wales.gov.uk Phone: +44 (0)131-244 7256 Fax: +44 (0)131-244 7281 Northern Ireland Transport Statistics E-mail: [email protected] Available from: Internet: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics Central Statistics and Research Branch Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB These publications are available, payment with orders Phone: +44 (0)28 9054 0801 From: Scottish Executive Publication Sales, Blackwell's E-mail: [email protected] Bookshop, 53 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1YS Internet: http://www.drdni.gov.uk/index/statistics.htm Phone: +44 (0)131-622 8283 Fax: +44 (0)131-557 8149 Transport Statistics Users Group The Transport Statistics Users Group (TSUG) was set up in 1985 as a result of an initiative by the Statistics Users Council and the Chartered Institute for Transport (now known as The Institute of Logistics and Transport). From its inception it has had strong links with the government Departments responsible for transport. The aims of the group are: x To identify problems in the provision and understanding of transport statistics and to discuss solutions with the responsible authorities. x To provide a forum for the exchange of views and information between users and providers. x To encourage the use of transport statistics through greater publicity x To facilitate a network for sharing ideas, information, and expertise. The group holds regular seminars on topical subjects connected with the provision and/or use of transport statistics. Recent seminars have included: x Road Congestion Statistics x GIS in Transport Planning x Road Safety Statistics x UK Investment in Transport Infrastructure x Active Traffic Management x The Role of Motorcyling in the 21st Century x Better Publicly Available Statistics On Vehicle Characteristics x Concessionary Fares and the new Statistics and Registration Services Act x Measuring the Importance of Shipping to the UK Economy x National Passenger Survey A Scottish seminar was also held. A newsletter is sent to all members about four times a year. Corporate membership of the Group is £50, personal membership £22.50, and student membership £10. For further details please visit www.tsug.org.uk or contact: Nina Webster Walking and Accessibility Programme Manager Surface Transport Strategy Transport for London 9th floor (area green 7) Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road London SE1 8NJ Tel: 020 3054 0874 Fax: 020 3054 2004 Email: [email protected] The TSUG also produces a Transport Yearbook which contains information on sources from governmental and non- governmental organisations, including some European sources. The yearbook is supplied free to TSUG members. Non- members can purchase a copy from The Stationery Office (TSO). 6194 DFTRC Cvr v0 6396_Road indd 2 Casualties 08_COVER / sig1 / plateB 15/9/09 15:57:44 DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2008 Annual Report Published September 2009 London: The Stationery Office Department for Transport Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DR Telephone 020 7944 8300 Internet service http://www.dft.gov.uk # Crown copyright 2009 Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown. This publication may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for non-commercial research, private study or internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to it being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document/publication specified. This publication can also be accessed at the Department’s web site. For any other use of this material please apply for a Click-Use Licence at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm, or by writing to OPSI at The Licensing Division, Office of Public Sector Information, St Clements House, 2–16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ, Fax: 01603 723000 or e-mail to licensing@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk. ISBN 978-0-11-553089-0 Printed in Great Britain in September 2009 on material containing at least 75% recycled fibre. A National Statistics publication produced by Transport Statistics: DfT National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference. Contact Points: For general enquiries call the National Statistics Customer Contact Centre at: Room 1015, ONS, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP10 8XG, Tel: 0845 601 3034, fax 01633 652747 or e-mail: [email protected] You can also obtain National Statistics through the internet – go to www.statistics.gov.uk. For information relating to Transport Statistics go to www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics Prepared for publication by: Anil Bhagat Linden Francis Pat Kilbey Barbara Noble Matthew Tranter David Wilson Christopher Waite Yingbo Xu DfT is often prepared to sell unpublished data. Further information and queries concerning this publication should be directed to: RSS, 2/21, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, Tel: +44 (0) 20-7944 3078, Fax +44 (0)20-7944 2165, E-mail: [email protected] Acknowledgement The Department extends its grateful thanks to police forces and their officers for their contribution towards reducing road casualties, including the collection of STATS 19 data upon which this publication is based, and without which this government and road safety organisations would be much less well informed. Introduction Reported Road Casualties Great Britain 2008: Annual Report, (RRCGB) provides detailed statistics about the circumstances of personal injury road accidents, including the types of vehicles involved and the consequent casualties. Most of the statistics in this report are based on accidents reported to the police. There are also seven articles containing further analysis on specific road safety topics. These statistics are used to inform public debate and support policy on road safety. In 2008, deaths in road accidents were less than half the number reported in the first edition of this report in 1951. However, on average seven people were killed a day in 2008. The collection and publication of detailed road safety data helps to identify future priorities to further reduce casualties. The Department for Transport has been working with the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government on a new road safety strategy for the period from 2010. This will establish the approach, targets and measures for reducing casualties in the next decade and beyond. Consultation on the new strategy was carried out from April to July 2009 and it is expected that the final strategy will be published by the end of 2009. Very few, if any, fatal accidents do not become known to the police. However, it has long been known that a considerable proportion of non-fatal injury accidents are not reported to the police (and there is no legal obligation to do so). We have changed the titles of our publications to more closely reflect this. The Department is continuing to undertake research on levels of reporting. Article 5 in this publication discusses and compares other sources of data with police data on road casualties and provides a very broad estimate of the total number of road casualties. National and local government and police forces work closely to achieve an agreed national standard for the system for collecting and processing statistics on road accidents involving personal injury. The statistics are subjected to review about every five years as part of the continuing drive to improve quality and meet user needs whilst minimising the burden on providers. The external consultation process
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