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DfT figures
show deaths up and KSIs down in 2003
The DfT last week published National Statistics on road casualties
in Great Britain in 2003. The figures show a two per cent increase
in deaths but a six per cent reduction in KSIs compared to the previous
year. In all cases the figures are significantly down on the 1994-98
baseline.
The key results include:
- The
number of deaths rose by two per cent from 3431 in 2002 to 3508
in 2003. 37,215 people were killed or seriously injured in 2003
- six per cent fewer than in 2002.
- Child
casualties fell by eight per cent. The number of children killed
or seriously injured in 2003 was 4100 (down 11 per cent on 2002).
Of those, 2381 were pedestrians, 16 per cent down on 2002. There
were 171 child fatalities, four per cent fewer than in 2002.
- Pedestrian
casualties were 36,405 in 2003 - six per cent lower than 2002.
There were 774 pedestrian deaths, about the same level as 2002.
Serious injuries fell by nine per cent to 7159.
- The
number of pedal cyclists killed fell by 12 per cent to 114. Total
casualties among pedal cyclists fell marginally in 2003 to 17,033.
- There
were 28,411 two-wheeled motor vehicle user casualties in 2003
- 58 more than in 2002. The number of seriously injured increased
by one per cent to 6959, but the number killed increased by 14
per cent to 693.
- The
number of deaths among car users in 2003 was 1769 - one per cent
more than in the previous year. The number of seriously injured
fell by nine per cent to 15,522. Total casualties among car users
were 188,342, five per cent lower than 2002.
In
2000, the Government set a new target - to achieve a 40 per cent
reduction in the number of KSIs by 2010, compared with the average
for 1994-98. The target also includes a 50 per cent reduction in
the number of child KSIs; and a 10 per cent reduction in the slight
casualty rate, expressed as the number of people slightly injured
per 100 million vehicle kilometres.
The
2003 figures show that:
- the
number of KSIs was 22 per cent below the baseline
- the
number of child KSIs was 40 per cent below the baseline
- the
slight casualty rate was 17 per cent below the baseline
For
further information go to:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2004_0071.
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