Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Thursday, 14 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 January 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Thursday, 21 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what proportion of drivers in each five-year age cohort were involved in a road traffic accident causing (a) death and (b) serious injury in each of the last three years for which figures are readily available.
Answer

The information requested is shown in the following tables.

Drivers¹ involved in (a) fatal and (b) serious² reported road accidents by age group: GB 2006-08
Number of drivers
Fatal accidents Serious accidents
Age of driver 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008
Under 17 14 8 7 66 41 50
17-19 363 331 268 2,566 2,382 2,178
20-24 562 483 384 3,826 3,813 3,497
25-29 440 371 367 3,363 3,121 3,006
30-34 368 351 300 3,072 2,917 2,587
35-39 406 394 310 3,448 3,103 2,862
40-44 414 394 324 3,266 3,011 2,868
45-49 351 347 321 2,505 2,500 2,407
50-54 269 307 238 1,980 2,040 1,887
55-59 304 258 172 1,844 1,738 1,591
60-64 212 191 180 1,335 1,381 1,380
65-69 111 117 103 816 782 763
70-74 86 85 77 644 573 605
75-79 63 69 78 451 479 450
80-84 55 43 55 299 319 327
85-89 35 38 20 148 139 169
90-94 2 6 9 18 23 23
95+ 2 1 1 1 2 3
¹ Car, goods vehicle, bus and coach drivers.
² Accidents in which at least one person was seriously injured but no person was killed.
Drivers¹ involved in (a) fatal and (b) serious² reported road accidents per 100,000 driving licence holders³ by age group: GB 2006-08
Rate per 100,000 driving licence holders
Fatal accidents Serious accidents
Age of Driver 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008
17-19 24 20 17 167 146 137
20-24 19 16 12 126 123 110
25-29 14 12 11 107 99 92
30-34 11 11 9 89 88 79
35-39 10 10 8 87 80 74
40-49 10 10 8 76 72 68
50-59 9 9 7 61 61 56
60+ 7 7 6 47 45 42
¹ Car, goods vehicle, bus and coach drivers.
² Accidents in which at least one person was seriously injured but no person was killed.
³ Full and provisional driving licences.
Source:
National Travel Survey

It is not possible to identify if the same driver was involved in more than one accident so there may be some double counting in the number of drivers involved in accidents. This does not take into account people that drive without a licence, driving licence holders that do not drive or those under 17 years of age.Due to the small sample size used in the National Travel Survey some age groups are shown in age bands larger than five years in the second table.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c422-3W; 311727
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Accidents Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk