Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 March (HL6487), how many pedestrians were knocked over by motor vehicles in each of the last three years; and of those, how many sustained serious injuries or were killed.
The number of reported pedestrian casualties, including killed or seriously injured (adjusted) casualties, in collisions where the pedestrian was hit by a known motor vehicle in each of the last three years is shown in the below table.
Year | Killed | Serious | Total pedestrian casualties hit by |
2018 | 437 | 6,386 | 21,445 |
2019 | 453 | 6,116 | 20,982 |
2020 | 333 | 4,081 | 14,133 |