Roads: Accidents
(asked on 11th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been killed or seriously injured in road traffic incidents in Kent in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of those were under the age of 18.
This question was answered on 19th March 2015
The number of people who were killed or seriously injured (known as KSI casualties) in reported personal injury road traffic accidents in Medway Council and Kent County Council each year from 2010 to 2013 is provided in the table below. The table also includes how many of the casualties were under the age of 18.
| Local Authority | Year | All KSI | KSI casualties | Percentage of KSI |
| casualties | under 18 years old | that were under | ||
| 18 years old | ||||
| Medway Council | 2010 | 59 | 19 | 32% |
| Medway Council | 2011 | 64 | 9 | 14% |
| Medway Council | 2012 | 51 | 8 | 16% |
| Medway Council | 2013 | 56 | 9 | 16% |
| Kent County Council | 2010 | 545 | 97 | 18% |
| Kent County Council | 2011 | 519 | 76 | 15% |
| Kent County Council | 2012 | 524 | 75 | 14% |
| Kent County Council | 2013 | 594 | 70 | 12% |
Statistics for 2014 will be available in June 2015.