Motorways: Accidents
(asked on 6th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of motorway accidents in the years (1) 2014–15, (2) 2015–16, and (3) 2016–17; and how many of those accidents involved Heavy Goods Vehicles.
The number of reported road accidents involving personal injury on motorways, and the number of these involving Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in Great Britain for the years 2014 to 2016 are provided in the table below. An extra category (accidents involving goods vehicles with unknown weight) has also been included for context. Some of the unknown weight goods vehicles will be HGVs.
Year | Road accidents on motorways | Road accidents on motorways involving HGVs | Road accidents involving goods vehicle with unknown weight |
2014 | 5,630 | 1,312 | 23 |
2015 | 5,550 | 1,305 | 70 |
2016 | 5,405 | 1,076 | 190 |
Source: DfT STATS19
Reported road accident statistics are collected on a calendar year basis.
Statistics for the year 2017 will be published on Thursday 27th September 2018.