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Roads: Accidents

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 13806

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of fatalities and serious injuries on roads in the last 12 months.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Data on road collisions involving personal injury are reported to the Department by police forces in Great Britain via the STATS19 system. The latest year for which provisional data is available is 2025.

In 2025, 1,556 people were killed and 28,355 people were seriously injured in reported road collisions in Great Britain.

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