Road safety statistics: topic summaries and ad-hoc reports
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-25)

Road safety factsheets relating to specific road user groups and any one-off or ad-hoc statistics

This page contains factsheets based on road casualty data collected via the STATS19 survey, and ad-hoc analysis on road safety topics. Details on the coverage of the STATS19 collection is available from the coverage and definitions section of the road casualty statistics guidance (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/road-accident-and-safety-statistics-guidance) page.

This page is updated as new factsheets are available. We welcome suggestions for topics of interest by email to xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Vulnerable road users

e-scooters: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-e-scooter-factsheet-2024)

Pedal cyclists: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-pedal-cyclist-factsheet-2024)

Motorcyclists: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-motorcyclist-factsheet-2024)

Pedestrians: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-pedestrian-factsheet-2024)

Demographics

Older and younger drivers: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-older-and-younger-driver-factsheets-2024)

Deprivation and road casualties: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-casualties-and-deprivation-factsheet-2024-england)

Road user risk

Road user risk: 2024 final data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-road-user-risk-2024)

Work-related collisions: an initial analysis (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-involving-driving-for-work) to estimate the number of casualties involving someone driving for work.

Factors contributing to collisions

Following the most recent STATS19 review (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60ec379ae90e0764c59382bc/stats-19-review-final-report.pdf) contributory factors (CFs) are being replaced by new road safety factors (RSFs), in some police forces from late 2023 onwards. This has resulted in a break in the time series for some of the data from 2024. As a result, the fatal 4 factsheet has not been updated. Further details can be found in our road safety factors guidance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-contributory-factors-for-reported-road-casualty-statistics).

Road safety factors: an initial analysis (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-safety-factors-initial-analysis) of the potential impact on the published statistics of the transition to the new road safety factors.

Fatal collisions: analysis of the ‘fatal 4’ factors (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-fatal-4-factsheet-2023) (speed, alcohol and drugs, seatbelt non-wearing and mobile device use) presented using the new road safety factors classification.

Driver behaviours (drink, drugs, seatbelts, mobile phone use)

Developing drug-driving statistics for road fatalities. An initial feasibility study (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/developing-drug-driving-statistics) exploring drugs present in motor vehicle drivers and riders killed in reported road collisions, updated with data to 2023.

Self-reported driver behaviour (drink and drug driving, and driver mobile phone use) from questions on the Crime Survey for England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-survey-for-england-and-wales-self-reported-driver-behaviour).

Seatbelt and driver mobile phone use based on observational surveys in 2023 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seatbelt-and-mobile-phone-use-surveys-2023).

Injury severity and collision outcomes

Injury severity and type of injury: 2019 to 2024 data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-injury-severity-within-injury-based-reporting-systems) with injury-based reporting systems

Analysis of hospital data on road casualties including serious e-scooter casualties (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-e-scooter-casualties-comparing-police-and-hospital-data), and initial feasibility studies linking STATS19 and trauma data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/linking-stats19-and-tarn-an-initial-feasibility-study) and STATS19 and ambulance service data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/linking-police-and-health-data-on-road-collisions-feasibility-study).

Fire service data on road casualties, a feasibility study (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/linking-police-and-fire-road-collision-data-an-initial-feasibility-study) linking data to STATS19.

Older factsheets

A number of previous road safety factsheets remain available, though do not include the most recent data
- Pedestrians (PDF, 572KB) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448036/pedestrian-casualties-2013-data.pdf) based on 2013 data
- Pedal cyclists (PDF, 561KB) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686969/pedal-cycle-factsheet-2017.pdf) - based on 2016 data
- Older (PDF, 485KB) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706517/older-car-drivers-factsheet.pdf) and younger (PDF, 542KB) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706516/young-car-drivers-factsheet.pdf) car drivers – based on 2016 data
- Child casualties (PDF, 465KB) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/442236/child-casualties-2013-data.pdf) – based on 2013 data
- Road fatalities (PDF, 515KB) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448037/road-fatalities-2013-data.pdf) – based on 2013 data