British Nationals Abroad: Injuries
(asked on 14th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK citizens were (1) fatally, and (2) seriously injured when travelling outside the UK, broken down as far as possible into road traffic accidents and other causes, in the latest year for which figures are available.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 25th January 2019
In 2018, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) were informed of the deaths of 83 British nationals involved in road traffic accidents overseas.
The FCO assisted over 3,500 British nationals who were hospitalised around the world in 2018. The FCO does not collect data on the cause of their hospitalisation.