Police Recorded Road Casualties, 2010

Statistics on road casualties include data for Wales for the period up to the end of December 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 24 June 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• During 2010, the number of people killed, seriously, or slightly injured in road accidents were at the lowest levels since records began in 1968.
• During 2010 there were 6,856 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police in Wales 270 (4 per cent) fewer than in 2009.
• These accidents resulted in 9,961 casualties, 393 (4 per cent) fewer than in 2009. Within this total:
  95 people were killed on Welsh roads in 2010, 30 (24 per cent) fewer than in 2009.
  998 people were seriously injured in 2010, 98 (9 per cent) less than in 2009.
  8,868 people were slightly injured, a decrease of 265 (3 per cent) compared to the previous year.

Revision note

The attached First Release represents the second revision of these data. The preliminary estimate published on 17 February 2011 showed that there were 89 fatalities on roads in Wales during 2010. This was revised upwards to 95 fatalities for the final estimate published on 25 May 2011. The figures have now been revised on 3 August 2011 down to 89 again. The reason for the latest revision from 95 to 89 is that South Wales Police have established that six fatalities in their area were the result of natural causes, rather than the associated traffic accident. The people involved were all car drivers and no other person was involved in any of these incidents.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5413
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)