Roads: Accidents

(asked on 14th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people died as result of road accidents in England in the most recent period of five years for which complete figures are available; of these, (1) how many deaths occurred on roads where there was a speed limit in effect of 40 miles per hour or below, and (2) how many where no such speed restriction was in force.


Answered by
Lord Davies of Gower Portrait
Lord Davies of Gower
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 28th November 2023

The overall number of reported road fatalities in England in the last 5 years, those occurring on roads of which the permanent speed limit was 40 miles per hour or under, and those occurring on roads of which the permanent speed limit was above 40 miles per hour are shown in the table.

Year

Fatalities

Fatalities where the speed limit was 40 miles per hour (mph) or under

Fatalities where the speed limit was above 40 miles per hour (mph)

2018

1,521

731

790

2019

1,489

725

764

2020

1,246

598

648

2021

1,329

644

685

2022

1,443

684

759

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