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.
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 |