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COUNTIES WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS ROADS CALCULATED BY FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PER 10,000 RESIDENTS * Based on an analysis of fatality data gathered by the Department for Transport (United Kingdom) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland over a five-year period (2012-2016)

4.110 2.154 X = Top 25 deadliest in the United Kingdom 4 24 Fatal trac accidents Orkney Islands Shetland X.XXX = Fatal trac accidents per 10,000 residents Islands per 10,000 residents ≥ 4.501 = Deadliest by country 4.001 - 4.500 = Safest county by country 3.501 - 4.000 3.001 - 3.500 2.501 - 3.000 2.602 15 2.001 - 2.500 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 1.751 - 2.000 Scotland 1.501 - 1.750 1.251 - 1.500 Moray 3.509 1.001 - 1.250 3.237 6 8 Aberdeenshire ≤ 1.000 Highland Aberdeen City Top 5 Deadliest Roads 3.251 2.318 7 17 by Number of Perth Angus 3.674 and Kinross 5 Fatal Accidents 34 *Does not include Northern Ireland Argyll 2.665 & Bute 12 Road Total fatal Length Fatalities Fife Stirling trac of road per mile of 36 accidents (miles) carriageway East Lothian (2012-2016) 22 20 30 35 24 25 29 15 13 5 A6 70 282 0.248 16 33 3.057 South 10 16 Lanarkshire Scottish Borders A5 67 181 0.370 East Northern Ireland Ayrshire 2.201 South 2.310 3.211 18 A40 65 262 0.248 23 Ayrshire 9 Causeway Dumfries and Galloway Coast & Glens Derry City A38 59 292 0.202 and Strabane Tyne 2.309 4 19 and Wear 6 A1 59 410 0.144 Mid Durham 4.150 Ulster 31 2.631 3 14 Fermanagh 7 Ards and North Down and Omagh 3 North 2.040 25

Newry, Mourne and Down East of Yorkshire Map Legend A1 Greater 1. Monmouthshire Manchester South 2. Denbighshire Yorkshire Isle of 3. Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon 2.339 4. Mid and East Antrim Anglesey 14 16 Conwy 5. Midlothian 2.637 6. Antrim and Newtownabbey 2.265 13 21 19 7. Lisburn and Castlereagh 2 17 8. Newport Gwynedd 9. A6 Staordshire 5.181 10. Merthyr Tydfil 1 11. Rhondda Cynon Taf 12. 13. Renfrewshire West 14. Flintshire 4.312 2.281 15. West Lothian Wales 2 20 16. North Ayrshire Powys 17. Wrexham Ceredigion A5 Suolk 12 18. Neath Port Talbot 21 19. 2.209 20. Falkirk Pembrokeshire 22 21. 2.694 9 22. West Dunbartonshire Carmarthenshire 11 A40 23. 10 27 1 24. Edinburgh city 18 11 26 25. Glasgow city Swansea 32 Greater 26. Caerphilly 8 23 27. Blaenau Gwent Bridgend 28 West 28. Vale of Glamorgan Torfaen 29. North Lanarkshire A38 30. Inverclyde 31. Belfast City 32. Cardi West 33. East Renfrewshire 34. Dundee City 35. East Dunbartonshire 36. Clackmannanshire

Fatal trac Fatal trac accidents accidents per 10,000 Totals in 2012-2016 residents the UK 8,534 1.302 Top 25 Deadliest Counties in the United Kingdom *By fatal trac accidents per 10,000 residents

County/ Fatal trac Estimated Fatal trac Deadliest council area/ accidents population accidents road principal area/ 2012-2016 per 10,000 in county residents

1 Rutland 20 38,600 5.181 A1

2 Powys 57 132,200 4.312 A483

3 Fermanagh & Omagh 47 113,161 4.150 * 4 Orkney Islands 9 21,900 4.110 A965

5 Argyll & Bute 32 87,100 3.674 A83

6 Aberdeenshire 92 262,200 3.509 A90

7 Perth & Kinross 49 150,700 3.251 A9

8 Highland 76 234,800 3.237 A9 Dumfries 9 & Galloway 48 149,500 3.211 A75

10 Scottish Borders 35 114,500 3.057 A7

11 Monmouthshire 25 92,800 2.694 A465

12 Stirling 25 93,800 2.665 A85

13 Denbighshire 25 94,800 2.637 A5

14 Cumbria 131 497,900 2.631 A595 Na h-Eileanan 15 an Iar 7 26,900 2.602 A857

16 Lincolnshire 251 1,073,330 2.339 A16

17 Angus 27 116,500 2.318 A90

18 Northumberland 73 316,000 2.310 A59

19 Mid Ulster 32 138,590 2.309 *

20 Warwickshire 127 556,800 2.281

21 Gwynedd 28 123,600 2.265 A494

22 Carmarthenshire 41 185,600 2.209 A40

23 Causeway Coast 31 140,877 * & Glens 2.201 24 Shetland Islands 5 23,210 2.154 A970 Newry, Mourne 25 * & Down 35 171,533 2.040 * Limited data available for Northern Ireland The Deadliest County by Country The Safest County by Country Country County Fatal Trac Estimated Fatal Trac Country County Fatal Trac Estimated Fatal Trac Accidents Population Accidents Accidents Population Accidents 2012-2016 per 10,000 2012-2016 per 10,000 Residents Residents

ENGLAND Rutland 20 38,600 5.181 SCOTLAND Clackmannanshire 0 51,400 0.000

WALES Powys 57 132,300 4.312 WALES Cardi 21 361,500 0.581

NORTHERN Fermanagh 47 113,161 4.150 ENGLAND Tyne & Wear 70 1,128,800 0.620 IRELAND & Omagh

SCOTLAND Orkney 9 21,900 4.110 NORTHERN Belfast City 21 333,871 0.629 Islands IRELAND

Sources: data.gov.uk/dataset/road-accidents-safety-data www.psni.police.uk/inside-psni/Statistics/road-trac-collision-statistics/ www.google.com/maps www.sabre-roads.org.uk/ TeletracNavman.co.uk "Counties" refers to ceremonial counties of England, council areas of Scotland, principal areas of Wales, and of Northern Ireland.