Roads: Accidents
(asked on 5th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people aged over 70 who have been involved in a road traffic accident in each of the last five years.
The number of reported road casualties of people aged 70 years and older in reported road accidents in Great Britain in 2011 to 2015 is as follows:
Year | Casualties |
2011 | 11,824 |
2012 | 11,469 |
2013 | 11,292 |
2014 | 12,181 |
2015 | 11,761 |
Source DfT STATS19
Casualties includes all road user types, including pedestrians.
The number of drivers aged 70 years and older involved in reported road accidents in Great Britain in 2011 to 2015 is as follows:
Year | Drivers involved in accidents |
2011 | 11,929 |
2012 | 11,869 |
2013 | 12,102 |
2014 | 12,947 |
2015 | 12,353 |
Source DfT STATS19