Roads: Accidents

(asked on 7th January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers under the age of 24 were killed in a road accident in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 12th January 2015

The total number of drivers and riders of motorised vehicles (including motorcycle riders) aged under 24 who were a) killed or b) injured in road traffic accidents that were reported to the police between 2009 and 2013 are given in the table below.

Year

Killed

Injured

2009

254

29,078

2010

213

25,342

2011

191

24,207

2012

188

22,328

2013

191

20,003

These figures do not include any pedal cyclist, horse rider, pedestrian or vehicle passenger casualties.

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