Road Casualties, 2008

Statistics on Road Casualties include data for Wales for the period up to the end of December 2008. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 8 July 2008.

The key points from the latest release are:

• During 2008 there were 7,783 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police in Wales, 556 (7 per cent) fewer than in 2007.
• These accidents resulted in 11,185 casualties, 1,084 (9 per cent) fewer than in 2007. Within this total:
• 142 people were killed on Welsh roads in 2008, 19 (12 per cent) fewer than in 2007.
• 1,253 people were seriously injured in 2008, 15 (1 per cent) more than in 2007.
• 9,790 people were slightly injured, a decrease of 1,080 (10 per cent) compared to the previous year.

Contact

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

Next update

June 2010 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)