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Roads: Fatal Accidents

Answer

Table 1 shows the number of HGV (3.5 tonnes or heavier) drivers killed in reported road accidents in Great Britain for 2006-2010. Table 2 shows the number of goods vehicles of 7.5 tonnes or heavier involved in reported serious injury road accidents per 10,000 drivers of such vehicles in employment (estimated), in Great Britain for 2006-2010. Please note that drivers involved in these injury road accidents may or may not be injured themselves.

Table 1: HGV¹ driver fatalities in reported road accidents: GB 2006-2010
	Accident Year
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
HGV drivers killed	36	42	20	12	26

"1: Heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes."

Table 2: Estimated number of good vehicles over 7.5 tonnes involved in reported serious injury road accidents per 10,000 drivers of such vehicles: GB 2006-2010 Accident Year
	Accident Year
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Reported serious injury road accident involvement rate for goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes HGVs per 10,000 drivers of such vehicles	39	37	32	29	29

"Source: ONS - Labour Force Survey, STATS19"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

14433; 733 c390WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Death Accidents Large goods vehicles Large goods vehicle drivers Roads

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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