Roads: Accidents
(asked on 9th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of people who (a) died and (b) were injured on the road who were vulnerable road users.
This question was answered on 20th November 2015
(a) In 2014, 51 per cent of people killed in reported personal injury road accidents were vulnerable road users - pedestrians, pedal cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders (899 of 1,775).
(b) In 2014, 34 per cent of people injured (serious or slight) in reported personal injury road accidents were vulnerable road users (65,606 of 192,702).