Minibuses: Accidents
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reported road traffic collisions involving a minibus resulted in (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) slight injuries in each of the last ten years, broken down by whether the minibus was being used for (i) commercial, (ii) community transport and (iii) other purposes, where such data are held.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Department does not hold information on the purpose for which a minibus involved in a road collision was being used.
The number of reported personal injury road casualties in collisions involving a minibus by casualty severity from 2015 to 2024 in Great Britain can be found in the below table:
Reported casualties in collisions involving a minibus, Great Britain, 2015 to 2024 | |||
Year | Fatalities | Serious | Slight |
2015 | 9 | 130 | 761 |
2016 | 9 | 127 | 709 |
2017 | 14 | 118 | 640 |
2018 | 19 | 106 | 535 |
2019 | 5 | 106 | 546 |
2020 | 7 | 57 | 285 |
2021 | 6 | 68 | 336 |
2022 | 6 | 96 | 395 |
2023 | 4 | 83 | 354 |
2024 | 6 | 102 | 403 |
Source: DfT STATS19 | |||
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