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ROAD CASUALTY STATISTICS
The North West region has the highest rate of road casualties in England and one of the highest rates of deaths and serious injuries on the country's roads. Young people are at highest risk wherever they live in the UK.
We have collated some statistics below to show trends in road casualties across the UK and particularly those involving young drivers or occurring in the North West region :
YOUNG DRIVERS
All statistics in this section are collated by Brake from various sources. More information and references can be found at Young Drivers The Hard Facts.
Road crashes are the single biggest killer of young people in the UK.
Young drivers are more likely to seek thrill from driving fast and cornering at high speed than older drivers.
17-20 year-old male drivers are almost ten times more likely to be killed or seriously injured while driving than 40-59 year-old males.
Young male drivers aged 17-20 are seven times more at risk than all male drivers, but between the hours of 2am and 5am their risk is 17 times higher.
Young drivers are more likely to crash if they have their peers in the car with them. With two or more passengers, the fatal crash risk for 16-19 year-old drivers is more than five times what it is when driving alone.
Alcohol is a prevalent risk factor for young drivers. Males under 25 are the most likely to fail a breath test following a road collision in which somebody has been injured.
UK WIDE
All statistics in this section are taken from the statistical release Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Main Results 2010 published by the Department of Transport August 2011.
The number of people killed in road traffic accidents reported to the police fell by 17 per cent from 2,222 in 2009 to 1,850 in 2010 - the lowest figure since national records began in 1926.
A total of 24,510 people were reported killed or seriously injured in 2010, 9 per cent less than in 2009.
There were 208,648 casualities (slight injuries, serious injuries and fatalities) in road accidents reported to the police in Great Britain in 2010, 6 per cent less than in 2009.
Total reported child casualties (ages 0-15) fell by 5 per cent to 19,569 in 2010. The number of children killed or seriously injured in 2010 was 2,502, down 6 per cent from 2009.
Motor vehicle levels fell by 2 per cent compared to 2009.
NORTH WEST REGION
All statistics in this section are taken from the report Road Traffic Collisions and Casualties in the North West of England, (Deacon, Perkins Bellis), published January 2011 by the North West Public Health Observatory, Liverpool John Moores University, which is available Here
The North West has the highest rate of road casualites in England.
Young people are at highest risk of becoming a road casualty. Those aged 15 to 24 are at most risk, with 18 year olds being at significantly higher risk than those of any other age.
In 2008, 3,348 road casualties in the North West were aged under 16.
There is a significant increase in risk between the ages of 10 and 11 (when children move from primary to secondary school). Children aged 11 are significantly more likely than children aged 10 to become a casualty.
Young males are at higher risk than young females.
Children are most likely to be killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions during the months of June and October, on Fridays and between the hours of 3pm and 3.59pm.
Over four fifths of all child casualties occur on roads that have a speed limit of 30 mph.
The severity of injuries from road traffic collisions increases in rural areas.
Over the last 30 years the number of road casualties in the North West has reduced by around a fifth.
There are considerable variations in casuality rates between local authority areas in the regions.
The rate of pedestrian casualties is the second highest in England.
The region has the fifth highest rate of killed or seriuosly injured casualties in England.
