Road Casualties in Wales, 2007

Statistics on Road Casualties include data for Wales for the period up to the end of December 2007. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28 June 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:

• During 2007 there were 8,340 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police in Wales, 361 (4 per cent) fewer than in 2006.
• These accidents resulted in 12,271 casualties, 421 (3 per cent) fewer than in 2006. Within this total:
• 161 (r) people were killed on Welsh roads, 1 (1 per cent) fewer than in 2006;
• 1,241 people were seriously injured in 2007, 31 (3 per cent) more than in 2006;
• 10,868 people were slightly injured, a decrease of 451 (4 per cent) compared to the previous year.

(r) revised on 8 July 2008

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 5085
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next Update:
June 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)